Charlie O'Connor (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)

The Government is doing its job. We must take a more caring approach and that is what the Minister of State, Deputy de Valera, and her colleagues will be doing. I hope every Member here can say that he or she, like me, is a democrat. My party will always accept the will of the people and listen to them. That is what I want to do and I will respond to what the people say to me. I am not afraid to speak my mind from the Government benches.

In regard to what I said about the lobbyists, lawyers and so on, all they seem to have in common is a wish to acknowledge our past, yet for some strange reason they seem unwilling to adapt to our future. This Bill has been introduced as a result of the ongoing difficulties with the south-eastern motorway which is the final stage of the M50 link from the M1 at the airport to the M11 at Bray. The Acting Chairman will know as much about that link as I do.

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