Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)

He is either with the Government or with the Opposition. Riding two horses will do Deputy McGrath serious damage; he should not try to do it.

When former Deputy Liam Lawlor went before the tribunal and Fianna Fáil heard his evidence and heard how he evaded giving evidence, held up the tribunal and refused to give the tribunal the information it sought, Fianna Fáil took action. It did not wait for the tribunal to report to decide what it thought of Mr. Lawlor's actions. The party took action and told Mr. Lawlor he must leave.

It is not the Opposition or the tribunals that will put the Taoiseach out of office but the men in grey suits sitting next to and behind him. They will go to him and say: "Bertie, your time has come. You are damaging the Government and you must go." The Taoiseach should do the honourable thing and go in his own time rather than be pushed by the people who now sit next to him and pretend to be his friends.

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