Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)

Could we have a modicum of honesty from the Government regarding the legal costs of tribunals? Last week, the Taoiseach's deputy, the Tánaiste, gave a brazen display of hypocrisy regarding the costs of the planning tribunal, posturing as a defender of the taxpayer and taking a leaf out of the Taoiseach's book of pretending to be the Opposition while holding responsibility for what is happening.

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