What is the Taoiseach's next move, now that he has buried his Minister for Agriculture and Food?

Order, Question No. 10, please.

Deputy Doyle is not helping matters.

I have already said——

The lady might at least have manners.

You have not even the manners to answer letters.

I have already said in this House that I have complete faith, trust and confidence in the integrity of the Minister for Agriculture and Food.

You had better keep saying it. You buried him this afternoon.

I say it again today. I decry and deplore your despicable efforts to make some political capital out of nothing.

You have just buried your Minister.

Question No. 10, please.

You said all of the things about him today, not us.

What about the statement in The Irish Times of 21 March?

It shows how politically bankrupt you are that you have to resort to this sort of thing.

On to the next question, please.

You have not a constructive idea in your heads——

Question No. 10——

——fooling around with rumours and innuendo and falsehoods.

Why did you disown him so thoroughly in that statement.

The Progressive Democrats are supposed to bring a new light and enlightenment into politics. You are worse than all of them, and that is saying something.

Question No. 10.

I must advise the House that I called the next question some time ago. Question No. 10, please.