Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

I wish to raise the topic of Deputy Brennan, Minister for Social and Family Affairs. Does anyone on the other side of the House know his whereabouts and how he is? The Taoiseach sent him out last Tuesday to present a press conference about the coming Ard-Fheis and the man was but a pale shadow of himself, so shocked was he at the policy platform put forward by this side of the House. The man was aghast at what modest proposals from this side of the House would do to the country. He stated:

We will certainly not be matching the unprecedented scale of the promises given by Fine Gael and Labour. We will promise less because our approach will deliver more.

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