Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is to hold the Government to account, provide constructive criticism, offer alternatives and initiate debate in order for the public to get better legislation. When I and my colleague, Deputy McGrath, initiated this debate by putting forward this motion, there was a rush from the Fine Gael backbenches to tell us how it all went wrong, and they dare not check their own manifesto from 2007, which had a lot more fuel for the fire-----

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