Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----despite the cynicism of people like Deputy Mattie McGrath and the best efforts of some to undermine everything that has happened. They can sneer, laugh and snigger as much as they like. They can go to their friends who are commentators and encourage more of the same nonsense. It does not cut any ice. The simple fact of the matter is that we have seen and heard it all previously. The foundations were laid in 1977. We saw the result and do not want to go there again.

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