Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)

I did not interrupt the Deputy. I object to any proposal to subject the Irish people to that experience. The people of this State will not be subjected to it as long as this Government is in place. The question is how one negotiates. Does one negotiate based on the Gaiety school of amateur acting, as we have just seen from the Deputy, or does one negotiate in a deliberate and calm way on what can be achieved? This Government will not play with people's lives in the way in which the Deputy proposes.

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