Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

I have no friends in the gaming industry, unlike some members of Deputy Flanagan's party.

The reason for the delay in proceeding with the issue of the casinos and gaming legislation is well known to Deputy Flanagan. I wrote to his party leader, as I did to the Labour Party leader, to try to follow on from the understanding I inherited. I understood that there would be a cross-party arrangement to look at that report but, because of the negative response from the Labour Party and prevarication on Deputy Flanagan's party's behalf, and some dissent within his party as to how——

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