Peter Power (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)

We hear time and again from our colleagues opposite about how Fine Gael is the party of law and order and that it is the traditional defenders of the Constitution, but when it suits its political needs it will throw the Constitution out of the window. The constitutional position is clear. Governments in this country are elected for a period of five years, not for two years or after every local election. That is the fact of the matter. I believe the Opposition is hell bent on calling for an election now-----

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