Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

As with many other issues, the Taoiseach either does not understand or does not want to understand. I will ask the question again. Does an increase from €206,000 to €666,000 in the cost of special advisers in the Minister for Health and Children's office represent good value? If the Taoiseach did not understand the question the first time, I hope he does the second time. The Government calls to mind something Ronald Reagan said — it is like a baby's alimentary canal in that it has a huge appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other.

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