Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I asked him why the Government approved the bonuses. The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Rabbitte, approved it and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, approved it, as did the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Hogan, although he is now passing the buck to the Minister, Deputy Howlin, as per his comments yesterday.

Will the Tánaiste please answer the question? Why did the Government approve the payment of bonuses and why do we have to listen to all the hypocritical rhetoric from the Minister, Deputy Burton, who said she is going to take it up with the Tánaiste and the rest of the Cabinet?

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