Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

My party and I stand over this. That is the commitment we gave to the public and we will stand before them again and ask for their deliberation and to accept the consequences, irrespective of what they may be. We will have achieved some result and given value to their votes, something Sinn Féin cannot say about the motion it has put before the House today.

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