Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

He was behind his desk all this time, writing press releases for that nice Minister of State, poor Deputy Tim O'Malley. There was no dispute. I find this unbelievable and pathetic. Did one ever in one's life read such patronising vainglorious nonsense? Wait until the Ceann Comhairle hears this: "It would be an act of supreme moral and political folly to reward the wrongful actions of a leaker in this way." This comes from a man who knows a thing or two about leaking. "It would also amount to a failure of politics and statecraft——"

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