Dáil Sketch/Miriam Lord: Suitably sombre, IndaKinny rose and informed the House he wished to mark the first anniversary of a national "disaster."
Fianna Fáil backbenchers and a strong complement of their Ministers blinked back at Enda with listless eyes. Sadly, this Government has become far too complacent to heckle.
First anniversary of a disaster? Sure, Enda, you must be at least four years leading Fine Gael. But they couldn't be bothered.
After surviving "Bertiegate" with relative ease, and enhanced opinion poll results, an air of invincibility is beginning to settle over the business end of the chamber.
So when Enda Kenny talks of disaster, Government backbenchers aren't in the least bit put out. When he resurrects an old story, which may have caused some embarrassment but failed to do them down the last time out, they slumber easy in their seats.
Still, the Fine Gael leader plodded on yesterday, his heaviness of heart eased somewhat by the fact that he had just had a leak.
Indeed, it was this leak which reminded Enda that it is now a year since his party highlighted the debacle of the PPARS project - the health service's new computer system, which is neither fully implemented, nor working satisfactorily, but cost taxpayers €144 million by the end of last year.
Bertie immediately switched on his Bryan Dobson eyes. (This is a term first introduced in the Dáil on Tuesday by Pat Rabbitte. It does not refer to the RTÉ newsreader's eyes, which are perfectly lovely in themselves, but to the manner in which Bertie gazed dolefully at Bryan when he was explaining how he came by sums of cash during a low time in his personal life.)
Thanks to his leak, Enda was able to inform the Taoiseach that his fervent PPARS promises of 12 months ago to "stop the rot" and "stop the waste" amounted to nothing. Back then, Bertie vowed to freeze the project and protect taxpayers' money.
"But you didn't," admonished Enda, because his leaked copy of a report commissioned by the HSE tells him the disaster is ongoing. It's an interesting document, predicting that costs for the project appear to be heading for the €186 million mark by year's end. According to the report, "it might become a never-ending project."
Furthermore, the consultants engaged to investigate the system note that "project governance appears to have gone" since the Government put parts of the scheme on hold last October. Overall, they present a bleak assessment of PPARS.
The Taoiseach proceeded to rehash the replies he gave to Deputy Kenny when the story broke last year. Of course, there were problems, he conceded, in that "nothing to do with me" way of his. "It would be great if the information technology assistants could have got it right from day one," he sighed.
"Yes, there has been difficulty with the PPARS system. There are difficulties with IT systems all over the world."
That was it, really. A masterclass from Enda Kenny and his advisers on how not to exploit a leak. If the foot was on the other foot, as the Taoiseach once said, Fianna Fáil might have taken another course.
Slipped the report into a brown envelope and sent it to a Sunday newspaper, perhaps? The Tánaiste wasn't sitting beside his Taoiseach yesterday, so Bertie and his briefing notes had to sally forth all on their own.
When Pat Rabbitte raised the case of a woman who was sexually abused by her school principal, and is now being pursued by the State for legal costs following a failed damages claim, Michael hurriedly began writing a long note.
It was passed right down the line until it got to the Taoiseach, who read it once, then again, as Deputy Rabbitte asked his follow-up question. When he replied, his eyes were fixed on the Tánaiste's message, written in clear, large handwriting.
Bertie and Michael. How did they ever manage before without each other?