Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

The Deputy can make a point but the decision was made by an independent board. I assure him that neither I nor anyone else brought influence to bear on it. I will make a general statement about the Bill. I believe we are elected to care for the affairs of the nation as an assembly, and the Government, which is elected by the Dáil and accountable to the Oireachtas, manages the day-to-day affairs. I am amazed that we as democrats——

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