Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)

I congratulate my constituency colleagues, Deputies Behan and Doyle, on their election to the Dáil. I also wish the Ceann Comhairle well. I congratulate the Cabinet members, particularly the new appointees, Deputies Brian Lenihan, Ryan and Gormley. However, when I saw the new Cabinet members entering the Chamber, it struck me that little had changed. The most disappointed people in the House are the many Fianna Fáil Deputies who believed there might be a new-look Cabinet.

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