Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)

I was inspired by the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism earlier. In the 1970s I spent time in the Kingdom not 100 miles from Caherciveen. A man drove along the beach every Sunday in a Hillman Avenger with a sad looking greyhound on the end of a piece of string running behind the car. A match commentary could be heard on the radio while the man had The Sunday Press spread out on the passenger seat. The man was cute and he was a character but not necessarily harmless and the Minister shares those characteristics.

The Green Party would happily form part of a Government that would take on board our policies.

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