Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I appreciate that we are bound by order, and I know the order can only be varied by a proposal from the Government. That is what I wish to address. These two independent reports point the finger of blame directly at the Government and directly, as a consequence, at the person who was driving fiscal and economic policy in this country for a number of years, namely, the Taoiseach as then Minister for Finance. The situation is that if similar reports were produced for any major company in the land, the chief executive officer would be dismissed forthwith and have to resign. We have been told-----

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