Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

How bad must matters get before the "R" word dawns on somebody on the Government side of the House? Across the water, five or six Cabinet Ministers have had to resign. A Home Secretary resigned because the wrong figures were released about prisoner releases and an Education Secretary had to resign because the exams authority got something wrong, but no matter what a Minister of this country does or how badly he screws up there is never any question of a resignation or an apology to the House. Instead, he is rewarded with an increase in pay.

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