Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

The Green Party has a decision to make tonight. It is a decision that goes to the heart of everything the party has stood for, namely, matters relating to planning and the sustainability of the economy, principles that the Labour Party shares with it. This decision goes to the heart of everything the Green Party stands for. If its members decide that they will stand not with their principles, but with Fianna Fáil tonight, then they have come to a position where they are not even passengers in this Fianna Fáil Government-----

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