Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)

It is good to be back in the Dáil and to see things are as lively as ever on the floor of the House. It is also good to see the Green Party is setting the agenda for Fine Gael, as we have done in so many respects for the past ten years. I suspect the U-turn on waste issues in Fine Gael a decade ago had more to do with that party's fears that Dan Boyle would win a seat ahead of Deputy Deirdre Clune in Cork than a real change in conviction at the heart of Fine Gael.

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