Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)

I am here long enough to know also that it is perfectly correct for an Opposition party to indicate reluctance to take business until other matters are dealt with. That has been a long-held tradition and we have seen many occasions on which the House divided on such an issue. I do not propose to divide the House on this issue but it is correct to draw attention to the fact that the Taoiseach misled the Dáil when he indicated that the Minister for Health and Children only knew of this issue in 2007 when it transpired that she knew of it two years earlier. The Taoiseach should indicate at some point that he misinformed the House.

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