Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

What Deputy Ó Caoláin said at the start of his contribution is correct — we have to move forward. As I said in reply to Deputies Kenny and Rabbitte, what would be enormously helpful in that is the answers to the questions and issues we put yesterday. If we can make progress on those, we can all move forward.

I am always amused at how things change. A few weeks ago I was under some question in this House for being over-generous to Sinn Féin in the comprehensive settlement. Now, a few weeks later matters have moved so differently

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