Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

Tonight we have yet again been shown how the Mullingar accord is a deal for grabbing power, not a vision for realising Ireland's future. It is a squalid deal that is rotten before it is ripe. We will continue to work, while the Opposition continues to complain. Next year the people will decide who has the better record, the better plans and the best vision to build on the remarkable and unprecedented progress of the last decade. I very much look forward to that day.

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