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Fri 12 Dec 2008Dispute prompts brief Dáil suspension
THE DÁIL was briefly suspended yesterday amid bitter and personalised exchanges between Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern and Labour spokesman Pat Rabbitte in a row about payments to the new board of the Equality Authority and allegations against the Department of Justice secretary general.
When the Minister highlighted public relations and consultancy spending by the authority in 2007 and listed "validly, how savings could be made", Mr Rabbitte said that if he was so concerned about savings, then why was it the case that members of the new board of the authority were now paid €10,000 each while the previous board worked "free, gratis and for nothing" down the years.
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