Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)

It is all he can do. He has not put forward a single constructive idea throughout this campaign or today in the House. It is very difficult to listen to a litany of negativity without ever hearing anything constructive. This is supposed to be a debate about the Irish Presidency for 2013. Perhaps the Deputy will put on his thinking cap and when he next comes to the Dáil or attends an Oireachtas committee meeting to talk about the Presidency, he might bring some constructive suggestions.

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