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

If I need protection from the several potential Fine Gael leaders facing me tonight, I will be happy to take it.

I congratulate the Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe on his appointment and I wish him well. The Minister has always been helpful to me, such as when I went to him about the fire station in Tallaght when he was at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

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