Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

I thank the Taoiseach for his kind compliments. Will he answer the questions for a change? What is the cost of this Niagara of destruction? What is the cost of undermining the social insurance fund? What is the cost of the damage he has done to the confidence of the Minister, Deputy Brennan?

A woman came up to me on the street yesterday and told me that, like myself, she was watching the Taoiseach on Saturday night. She said she thought the Taoiseach's nose would come out through the screen. She said she did not believe a word he said.

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