Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

Members are interested in neither consumer affairs nor the list just provided to the Tánaiste by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy Dermot Ahern. They are interested in catching white-collar criminals who have taken everyone for a ride and who have threatened our country with economic ruin. The man whose job it is to prosecute them has stated that he needs legislation to protect whistleblowers. Measures being taken with regard to consumer affairs and elsewhere are irrelevant. What is needed is an item of legislation, such as that published by the Labour Party.

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