Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I know the Taoiseach is a sporting man. He is quite entitled to go to the Heineken European Rugby Cup final. I found it amusing, to say the least, that the Taoiseach and two Ministers were heading off to Wales for a meeting with Mr. Morgan, the First Minister, on the very day the match was taking place. I would have thought a decent man from Offaly like the Taoiseach would have said he was going to the Heineken cup final and when over there, he was going to meet with the First Minister as well.

It seems to be couched in a way that the Taoiseach would be going to the meeting and, by the way, to the match with the two Ministers. That was not the way to do it. The Taoiseach is entitled to go to a match if he so wishes. I thought this was not the way to present his case.

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