Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Deputies either want to hear or they do not. I have as much a vested interest in getting this right as anybody else in this House and I have as much desire to do so. I am a practising politician on the ground who has the same experience as everybody else in this Chamber. I am here in a collaborative spirit. I will give the Deputy what information I can and I am open to suggestions and constructive criticism. I have no problem with that, but at least let me say what I want to say.

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