Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)

Tá ceist agam ar an Taoiseach. The Taoiseach says that the functions of political advisers are to achieve Government objectives. Aside from implementing the programme for Government, would one of those objectives be, for example, the retention of power? Can the Taoiseach give us any idea what other objectives might be involved? The Taoiseach also said that other functions may be assigned to political advisers as directed, from time to time, by him. I wonder if, in recent weeks for example, the Taoiseach was advised to say that the €50,000 loan was off the wall. Is that the kind of advice he received? Are the Taoiseach's political advisers covered by Towards 2016?

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