Barry Andrews (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

At the beginning of the State our statesmen had no interest in self enrichment through public office. At the end of his life de Valera was worried about his own pension, which demonstrates the kind of people they were. It is wrong for people to assume that by bandying these names about, they can imply they are the inheritors of their legacy. That is a wrong assumption.

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