Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There was one meeting which I thought was useful, but it was only one and we were advised of what the Government had already agreed to do. I will not engage in argy-bargy back and forth, but it is symptomatic of the Government's attitude to the Opposition. That might be because the Government has such a huge majority and it might even be for benign reasons such as that it is not even thinking about the way it treats the Opposition. One example of its attitude is the way the proposals are being rushed through. Another is the way the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste heckle Sinn Féin representatives. That was very evident when Teachtaí Mary Lou McDonald and Pearse Doherty outlined Sinn Féin's response to the shameful budget proposals. We sat and listened respectfully to the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, and when our representatives tried to give their response, the Government side heckled, intruded, were bad mannered and churlish. They interrupted.

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