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

Let us try to be civil with each other. I am simply pointing out the disregard of that MEP for the larger picture, and the fact that the costs involved could and would have been invested elsewhere in the roads network only serves to show that political opportunism and publicity continues to be the benchmark of the Opposition parties.

Not to be party political, I am looking forward to Deputy Eoin Ryan representing Dublin in Europe because, as a Fianna Fáil MEP, he will do a tremendous job in standing up for Dublin and looking after its interests.

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