Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

I do not accept that Fianna Fáil has shirked its responsibility. Previously in the House I stated that all political parties, whenever they were in Government, veered away from this area because of the difficulties from a legislative point of view. People in this country are operating under very old legislation, which is out of date. It behoves us to move forward. The Deputy may be aware that we tried to have all-party agreement on how to proceed on this but unfortunately-----

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