Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)

——but it refuses to put the interests of the country first, or, alternatively, it disagrees with the proposal and it feels that householders do not need protection, do not need their fears assuaged, and can make do with the law that is in place. Either way, the Government must make a choice. The least we expect of it is to stand by what it believes in.

I am accusing the Government of putting political expediency before the right of householders——

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