Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

We can try, as we will at whatever opportunity is given to us, to defeat the Government in the House and to bring that about. We cannot force it unless the numbers so dictate - unless there are defections either by the Greens or by Independents or from the Government's back benches. However, the Government can decide to bring to an end the uncertainty and lack of confidence which the Taoiseach's and the Government's continuation in office is bringing down on this country.

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