Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

It is a great pleasure for me to join other party leaders in paying tribute to the Taoiseach, Deputy Bertie Ahern, as he stands down. I am very conscious of the comment made by Deputy Gilmore that two weeks in the life of this Taoiseach is a long time. I know he goes to America next week and there is a presidential election there.

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