Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)

The Minister may laugh, but I could give details of the incompetent handling of many projects over the past ten years that has cost the people dearly. The legislation that is enacted by the Minister, Deputy Roche, is not the most important factor in determining whether we succeed — the most important factor is whether we can get the likes of the Minister and his colleague, Deputy Cullen, out of office. That is necessary if we are to have some proper planning and thinking at the very highest level. I will make more detailed comments on this legislation during the latter part of my speech.

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