Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

In any Department a Minister is involved in thousands of meetings every year. Sometimes one goes to all the meetings, other times one attends part of a meeting. Decisions would never be made or actions taken if we were attending meetings all the time. That is not an issue.

I wish to correct something I said earlier. I said Fine Gael voted against that legislation but it abstained. I want to correct the record before I am called on to do so.

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