Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will make a number of points so we can deal with it all together. With regard to the knee-jerk reaction to the hockey, we wanted to recognise what they had done. If we had not done anything to acknowledge their achievement, the Vice Chairman would have been the first person to ask where the Minister was and what he was doing when these poor, unfortunate hockey players were not given any money despite what they had achieved. He cannot have it both ways.