Damien English (Meath, Fine Gael)

The Taoiseach has been described as a very clever and cunning person. Can I ask him, through the Chair, if he genuinely believes that these people, friends or whoever they are, gave him money because he is a nice chap or because they thought he had no money? He was able to go to Manchester for six matches a year although he had no money. Does the Taoiseach believe that they gave him money just because he is a nice chap? As a clever person, does he believe, and does he expect us to believe, that these people handed over sums of €500 or €5,000, or those sums in sterling, for no other reason than that?

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