Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I come back to the point I made. It is the prerogative of Sinn Féin to bring forward whatever motion it sees fit, based on the support it has received, the commitment it has made or its understanding of how the democratic process works in this House. It has come back out from under its rock because it went under a rock when a Government needed to be formed and there were real decisions to be made and a real interpretation of the result the people handed to the Dáil. It is now back out from under that rock and more luck to it. It can play its games, have its time in the sun and perform stunts.

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