Mr. Colm O'Gorman:

I will deal quickly with Deputy Quinn's point. I regard many politicians, including a number in this room, as having great stature and as having been human rights activists over many years in their work. When we talk about politicians in the manner under discussion, we are obviously talking about politicians who are in positions of responsibility in which they have the power to make a decision that would make a difference in particular circumstances but who do not make it. Obviously, we are not talking about every politician, either in this country or any other around the world. I am very sensitive to the fact that politics and, therefore, politicians have in many ways been gravely and unfairly undermined in recent years.