Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)

-----Deputy Kenny has become is glaringly obvious when he attempts to abuse situations, as he did on this occasion. Opposing or making critical comments about the suggestion that the Maastricht criteria should be applied is nonsense. The reaction is odder still when one considers Ireland's role in establishing the criteria. Ireland signed up for the Maastricht treaty and the main political parties on both sides of the House, to their credit, campaigned for that treaty in a referendum. Fine Gael was part of that consensus so why there should be a question from the leadership when a consensus has been agreed is beyond me. Deputy Kenny's current position------

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