John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)

The world, as we are probably all aware, does not work like that. I wish we could go to utopia and have a utopian time. Unfortunately, the Deputy Ó Caoláin appears to be stranded at a crossroads somewhere between paradise lost and utopia, from which he has not returned.

With regard to Deputy Coveney's response to Deputy Flynn's legitimate intervention to the effect that she should read her brief, I resent that imputation. Deputy Flynn is one of our brightest young Deputies. Then again, coming from one of the few Cork men I know who does not know the difference between a pint of Guinness and a pint of Murphy's, his comment does not come as a surprise.

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