Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have been arguing that one for 30 years. I remember one night being on Vincent Browne's programme and he asked me why I did not take the train. I said there was no train to Corr na Móna. Why did I not take the bus? I said there was no bus to Corr na Móna. Game, set, match. Another reason among many I never took the train was that after 7 p.m. I do not think there is any train to Galway, so forget it. These are all practical issues. That is exactly what I am talking about regarding most of the snags we as politicians hit. We have lots of high-level goals. I said to the Secretary General of the Department who came in, when we were starting at the same time, that it would be found the devil is in the detail all the time. The high-level stuff is awful easy.