Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

No. Deputy Brophy's comments were addressed to Sinn Féin. I looked back at the debate on this issue last year. Many of the contributions, including my own, were relatively repetitive. Sometimes we make the same comments on this motion, but I was interested by Deputy Jonathan O'Brien's contribution. He said at the time: "Sinn Féin does not oppose special courts to deal with the very specific circumstances of violent organised criminal gangs which present serious threats to the security of the State." I recall that statement and I detected a change in the Sinn Féin position. Unfortunately for Deputy O'Brien, his contribution did not receive much coverage but I noted the change. It is not for me to dictate what other parties should state in the House, but I detected that Deputy Brophy was making an invitation to Sinn Féin. The message to Sinn Féin is that it is time to choose if it wishes to go into government with Fine Gael.

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