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Written Answers — Defence Forces Reserve: Defence Forces Reserve (26 Sep 2007)

Willie O'Dea: A letting of the Coastguard Station at Dún Laoghaire had been held by my Department from Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company for a period of 4 years and 9 months, ending on 31 March 2006, for use by the Reserve Defence Force. The Company informed the Department that it was not in a position to renew the existing letting agreement and a notice to quit was issued on 31 March 2006. The property...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Training: Defence Forces Training (26 Sep 2007)

Willie O'Dea: The number and countries of origin of soldiers who have attended educational courses conducted by the Defence Forces in 2005, 2006 and to date in 2007 are as follows: Year No. of Soldiers Countries of Origin 2005 75 Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Algeria, Austria, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czech Rep, Finland, Germany, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Romania, Slovenia,...

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Willie O'Dea: That is what the Deputy thinks. It is what he decides.

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Willie O'Dea: I would not accept the Deputy's verdict of whether it was right or wrong.

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Willie O'Dea: I am entitled to my opinion.

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Willie O'Dea: The Deputy is abusing the tribunal. He is drawing conclusions which is the job of the tribunal.

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Willie O'Dea: Allegations.

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Willie O'Dea: We will see what Deputy Varadkar achieves.

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Willie O'Dea: We can see it.

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Willie O'Dea: The Deputy should go back to the religious right.

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Willie O'Dea: The mongrel foxes.

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Willie O'Dea: Inspector Clueless from Castlebar has come to the conclusion that the Taoiseach did not tell the truth. What of the man who is making these claims? Deputy Kenny is well tutored on how to perform. At least former Deputy John Bruton was his own man. So pervasive is the influence of spin doctors since the Deputy's ascent to the leadership that he is never left out on his own.

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Willie O'Dea: He would not even be trusted to tie the shoelaces on that famous pair of shoes in which he was going to walk to the Áras. Thanks to the wisdom of the people, however, he was not elected Taoiseach.

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Willie O'Dea: If he had been, the puppet masters would have been no more and we would have been left with the puppet. We are supposed to tremble at the moral outrage and mock indignation expressed by Deputy Kenny. This is part of the Fine Gael effort to present him as something he is not — a lion in sheep's clothing.

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Willie O'Dea: Despite the party's best efforts, he comes across exactly for what he is — a sheep in sheep's clothing. At one of my first post-Mass rallies in Limerick in the 1960s I heard a famous Fine Gael councillor describe the then leader of his party as a stuffed shirt. If only the current leader could aspire to such praise. He is not a stuffed shirt; he is only a hole in the air.

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Willie O'Dea: The Labour Party also supports the motion. I do not have much confidence in the party because it spent the past five years propping up Fine Gael, losing support as a result. Now, it is trying to prop up Sinn Féin after fighting an election campaign on the principle that Sinn Féin had to be kept out.

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Willie O'Dea: Its members often raised the spectre that if one voted for Fianna Fáil, the party would bring Sinn Féin into government. Now, Labour is doing the opposite, propping up an ailing Sinn Féin.

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Willie O'Dea: While the Labour Party's hypocrisy on the issue is breathtaking, it is not surprising. This is par for the course from a party dominated by ex-Stickies.

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Willie O'Dea: I wish the new Labour Party leader well. Speaking on radio yesterday morning, Deputy Gilmore pointed out that his reason for supporting the motion was the Dáil had such important business before it that it could not be diverted by a long political debate and the Taoiseach should resign immediately because the Deputy wanted him to.

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Willie O'Dea: If there is going to be a long political row, the Deputy will be the cause of it. We do not want a long political row. If the Deputy wants to waste the Dáil's time on this useless, innocuous, ineffective motion. that is fine by us but that is not what we were sent here to do.