Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am not sure what the connection is between departmental staff and political staff and the issue of the scoliosis, other than the attempt to use scoliosis and people who are suffering from it and their families to have a go at me. I think that is bad politics, quite frankly. The Labour Party, as we all know, would have 20 members as State-funded staff and I am sure the leader's allowance paid to Deputy Howlin is also paid to higher staff in the headquarters of the Labour Party. Fianna Fáil, through its Senators, Deputies and the leader's allowance, probably has 100 State-funded, taxpayer-funded staff. If it is the Deputies' view there is some connection between that and scoliosis, I think they should perhaps offer to second some of the staff for Fianna Fáil and the Labour Party towards-----

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