Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)

The Government and the Fianna Fáil Party in particular owe the nation an apology over the way in which they used our name to promise the target would be met in order to win a seat at the Security Council. The Government can make whatever promises it likes under the banner of Fianna Fáil, but not in our name. This is why there is so much anger.

Rather than producing a White Paper, which is a bit of a fig leaf operation——

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