Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

He cannot be wrong on that. If he does not tell us, we cannot know. The Taoiseach defended the Minister, Deputy Cullen, as being wise in not telling us, while the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform applied the opposite methodology when he bought a prison site. He let it be known who the purchaser was and we ended up paying €30 million for a site that was valued at about €6 million. Is there any limit to the waste in which the Government is engaged? What does the Taoiseach now say on the figures chalked up under the indemnity deal for which taxpayers will continue to pay in future?

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