Paul Connaughton Snr (Galway East, Fine Gael)

I wish to make three points in the few minutes at my disposal. I never heard such arrogance as I heard in the Dáil today from two senior Ministers. The chief exponent of arrogance is the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy Dermot Ahern. He is the captain of that team. He takes the biscuit altogether. What is even worse than their arrogance is the denial that they have made a hames of the country and the assumption that somehow or another the people will believe in them again. We are all involved in politics and we all do the best we can for the people we represent. Surely after what took place last Friday the Government has no moral authority whatsoever to sit on the Government side of the House? As Deputy George Lee stated, Fianna Fáil has an agreement with the Green Party and neither party should be in Government.

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