Storing up problems for the future

Yesterday, in a typically convoluted way, Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny used more than 700 words to preface a couple of questions, and the Taoiseach beat around the bush with more than 600 words evading the answers.

Mr Kenny then summarised his two questions in a mere 46 words.

He asked if the Taoiseach believes psychiatrists were deliberately maintaining long waiting lists, and if he found repeated questions about problems of mental health tiresome. The Taoiseach replied, “The answer to both questions is a ‘No’.”