Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

There is nothing the Government can do to dissuade the public from turning out. The public is fed up with pretence and nonsense and it is looking for revenge and retribution. I assure the Minister of State that they will get it when the time comes. One well known Minister in the Government said "We survived — didn't we?", but that means survival for the time being. When the day comes, it will be a question of for whom the bell tolls.

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