Noel Treacy (Galway East, Fianna Fail)

I listened with great interest to all the contributions before the sos. I always listen to contributions and I take notice of what is said. The best advice I could give to Deputy Crowe is to refer him to a Latin maxim, verba volant, littera scripta manet, meaning, words fly, the written word remains. I ask him to read the record of the House and balance what he said against what I said in response and we can discuss it on another day. I have been positively appraising, to the best of my ability, all the remarks made. I made it clear that the two main Opposition parties, with the Government, are completely pro-Europe——

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