Charlie McCreevy (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)

This will be the most accurate and, therefore, the most democratic system we have ever had. However, the Opposition parties are committed to an era of total opposition in that everything the Government does is to be opposed in a shrill and hysterical way. Tonight, the Opposition parties have united in support of the Fine Gael Party's motion in yet another example of their united cynicism and opportunism.

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