Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thought Fianna Fáil Members were too clever or wily to fall into the trap of following his little misadventure by tabling this motion of no confidence but they saw a bad situation and could not avoid trying to make it worse. It is ridiculous that we are debating a motion of no confidence on this issue when, as the Minister for Finance rightly noted, so many issues befall this country in terms of the economy and unemployment. Where are the throngs of people in the Visitors Gallery baying for blood and demanding that Minister be dragged to the guillotine? They are not there. This has been a bad week for Fianna Fáil and yet another bad week for the Opposition.

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