Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

The women in question are entitled to a response. It is clear the Government is not giving the matter the priority it deserves.

As for the position of the Taoiseach, it is as clear to the Tánaiste as it is to every Deputy on this side of the House and most Members on the Government side that Deputy Ahern's days as Taoiseach are numbered. The Minister for Defence, Deputy O'Dea, need not smile. He took an each way bet on Sunday by having two articles in the Sunday Independent, one defending the Taoiseach and the other praising the Minister for Finance. He cannot lose.

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