Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

I will repeat my question. While I accept the Taoiseach has a huge constituency workload, is it not the case that he has an extravagant array of staff to back him up? Such a facility is not afforded to the rest of us in any fashion. I note the Taoiseach said he has cut back on his level of staffing. The Taoiseach referred to the appointment of a personal tipstaff. Was that always there? Is that a new appointment? What exactly is the responsibility of that appointment? Is the Taoiseach saying there is now one person less in his private office than there was when this question was last answered, about a year ago?

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