Ivor Callely (Fianna Fail)

Perhaps it would be interesting to conduct a forensic revision of the debates on all such matters, including those mentioned by Senator Hannigan, to ascertain whether any group had a magic wand or the vision to state that a particular measure was not appropriate, what it envisaged would happen and what other mechanisms it believed would be required to address what would come to fruition a number of years later. Members will acknowledge that while hindsight is great, they probably all would prefer to shy away from such a forensic revision of contributions to debates on the aforementioned issues. I gather the answer would be negative for all Members.

It would be fair - the public would greatly appreciate it - were Members somewhat humble in their approach to the present state of affairs. They should put their hands up, state they all made mistakes, that they do not have a magic wand or the necessary answers and that matters are changing at such a rapid pace that they must change to address those issues.