Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy O'Donovan for his desire to be helpful but I think Mr. Nolan should be in a position to take a question or two from each of us in a respectful way. It is not as if other people do not get access to the airwaves. It is not as if we live in Stalinist Russia and other representatives, be they union representatives or whatever, do not have access to the public airwaves. We have an opportunity to have a discussion and dialogue and to put a number of questions to Mr. Nolan about this issue. I do not think that, in any way, limits the extent to which others have a voice. We have had the unions here to discuss issues before and we would welcome them again. I do not think that anything that I will say will be at variance with their position on this particular issue. At the end of the day, I am here to try to contribute in so far as I can to this situation which will impact on tens of thousands of people over the coming days and if any bit of wisdom that I have available to me can help to bring a resolution then so be it. Hopefully others are of a similar mind.