James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)

-----to have confidence in the proposals of a man who is unaware that County Longford is firmly located in the heart of the country? It is the most landlocked county in Ireland and although it is under threat from governmental neglect, County Longford certainly has no fear of coastal erosion. However, it seriously fears and distrusts the judgment of Dr. Bacon and the Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government. On the Fianna Fáil side the county has the most incompetent representative who has let several services die over the past two years.

Dr. Bacon's contention that the error regarding Longford was due to "cutting and pasting" very aptly sums up the NAMA legislation which is cut and pasted into a patchwork solution, that changes-----

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