Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

That is fair enough. I take the Minister's point, and I will withdraw on that basis but before withdrawing, the word "may" is the bête noire of every Opposition TD who ever came into this place. I have been on the Minister's side of the fence, and I have used the word myself. One minute you are playing in Opposition, and the next minute you are playing for the Government, and that is the way the cookie crumbles.