Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North, Fine Gael)

I also find that when people are under political pressure, as the Minister was on one occasion at a meeting of Kerry County Council, they like to refer to an incident that happened in Cork for which I do not believe I was at fault. They like to throw that at me at certain times, but I am sure the Acting Chairman will agree that whatever I, as a Kerryman, did on the football field was honourable and for the sake of my county.

I am disappointed but not surprised by the Minister of State's response to this Bill. The Government is constantly accusing the Opposition, especially Fine Gael, of not bringing forward policies and legislative proposals. When we do, it ridicules them or leaks them to the media, as happened two weeks ago. This is now the approach of the Government——

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