Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I do not believe this is the way Fine Gael would have approached this issue. This is the greatest load of baloney driven by the Minister, Deputy Ross, and it does not stack up.

It is irrational and it is poor legislation. The price of keeping the Independent Alliance on board is too high. The matter is too important. The Minister, Deputy Flanagan, comes from a legal professional background. He cannot possibly believe that we are making progress here, that we are going in the right direction or that this is impressive. How can it be?

After the referendum that was held last week, Fine Gael looks a lot more progressive than Fianna Fáil, given that more than half of Fianna Fáil went for "No" and that more than three quarters of the population went for "Yes".

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