Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I suppose we should all be cheered up by the fact the Tánaiste has re-entered the House. I did not see him or any of his colleagues here when the Moriarty tribunal was being discussed by Dáil Éireann. He used the excuse of writing his annual conference speech, but did not refer to the culture of corruption for the past 20 years in that forum either.

One could say that the Tánaiste was involved in every story this week, except for the collapse of the Italian Government.

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