Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

The situation is clear in terms of the price that will now be paid for the scheme, so I will only summarise it. With regard to the Taoiseach's remark about the regulations introduced by Deputy Howlin when he was a Minister in 1993 in the aftermath of the gutting of the health services by the outgoing Fianna Fáil-Progressive Democrats Government, the regulations introduced were consistent with the amount of money provided by the then Minister for Finance. The Minister for Finance at that time was the current Taoiseach, Deputy Bertie Ahern.

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