Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

There is nothing in the script circulated by the Taoiseach that could justify the Progressive Democrats saying that the level of accountability the Minister wanted and the answers he wanted about the Manchester event in particular, the identity of the donors and so on, have come forward. None of them has come forward. I ask the Taoiseach, before this debate finishes, to set out clearly why the Progressive Democrats can stomach this. How did the Taoiseach reach an agreement over the weekend with the Minister, Deputy McDowell? What happened the Minister when he led his troops up the hill and then, like the old Duke of York, led them down again? I can imagine how those fellows on the backbenches will treat him in the coming months.

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