Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

Apropos of the issue raised by Deputy Gilmore regarding the invisibility of certain Ministers this morning, this also affected a Minister last night when two Government backbenchers correctly raised the issue of the Government's response to eel fishing conservation and the relevant Minister did not see fit to come to the House to reply to them. He showed utter contempt for the House.

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