Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

They have talked all morning about things that might or might never happen, but decisions relating to the practical arrangements that will be put in place for water services have not yet been made. There will be plenty of time to debate them and there is no need for Deputy Higgins to get over-exercised by quoting Percy French. Percy French would not have known Deputy Higgins but he had clearly and adequately anticipated him when he wrote some of his songs.

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