Charlie O'Connor (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)

It is important that we all play our part. People expect public representatives to make a little effort. My effort is humble and is not achieving much but it would help if we all made a similar effort. Every day the streets in all our towns are full of cars spewing out stuff that is not in the interest of the climate or the community.

I wish our colleague, the Minister, Deputy Cowen, well. Whatever about the politics across the House people recognise that he is doing a good job. People have confidence that at a time when things are difficult——

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