Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)

That promise helped the Minister to win power in the 2002 general election. Later, he figured he could play ducks and drakes with those people but, as it turned out, that was not the case. Perhaps it will not be the case with mná na hÉireann either but we will have to wait and see. Women might think about this matter at some length and let us see what they decide to do.

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