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Finance (No. 2) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2008): Michael Kennedy: ...on to the good people who do a good job. By and large, the public service does a good job even though it is often criticised unfairly. No more than any other group in society, there are the bad apples in the barrel and we need to weed them out. The taxpayer expects to get value for money. I welcome the fact that the Taoiseach has set up his own Cabinet committee on driving this...

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