Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)

The Taoiseach spoke about how he came to the House in 1984. I remember 1984 and I remember the man who sat where the leader of the Fine Gael Party now sits, one Deputy Haughey. All we got was abuse and fantasy from a power-hungry party whose only objective was to get to the other side of the House and use the position of power. We now know that was Mr. Haughey's motivation as it is in the public domain. The House has been blessed with the constructive contributions of this side of the House to the Fianna Fáil Party and the Government. I am sorry they have not had the courage, generosity or decency to acknowledge them and implement some of them.

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