Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

I do not believe any of our policy documents are authored by anybody other than people who would work for the party, or perhaps some advisers who work part time for the party outside their own work. As I said previously, the rules that apply under the Electoral Acts on how Ministers can use facilities, including constituency offices within Departments, have been clearly laid out by the Government secretariat. Every Minister and Minister of State has been given clear instructions on how such facilities must be used during the course of the campaign. Fianna Fáil's programmes and actions must be paid for by the party and cannot be paid for by the State.

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