Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

What is amazing is that he must have been talked out of it because the Minister never addressed the issue at all. He paid no attention to him. It is like clubbing a baby seal from Fianna Fáil's point of view, which is not fair. I do not doubt the integrity or bona fides of the Green Party on this issue. If, as Deputies White and Gogarty say, they approve of the sentiment, given all that has happened, as described by Deputy Ring, they should support the amendment.

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