Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That cost taxpayers' money. There is no level of morality associated with the "Leo the Vain" unit. This is €5 million of taxpayers' money. I will not even begin to list off the umpteen things Deputy Tony McLoughlin would like to do in Sligo with €5 million. Deputy Martin Kenny and I also have our list of things to do, as do all Deputies in the House. Deputy Micheál Martin and others have mentioned trolleys, mental health waiting lists and child waiting lists, but we are more interested in the image and the presentation. There is no doubt about it: John Concannon is the best in the business, except this is not a business. This is about being honest with the people and giving them a sense of ownership of the policy platform, not spinning lies to make them feel like the Government is endowing them with entitlements that they are getting whether Fine Gael is in power or not.

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