Anthony Lawlor (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

I am pleased to speak on the motion put down by Fianna Fáil, or should I call it the ostrich party? What I mean by this is that for the past 14 years they must have had their heads buried in the sand or the trough and then suddenly pulled their heads out and are blinking all over the place with regard to what has happened for the past 14 years. We are here to clean up the mess they have left behind.

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