While Fianna Fáil has undoubtedly survived electorally the scandals that have so horrified us all, the price that has been paid in terms of public trust in politics and in the capacity of politics to deal with difficult issues has been profoundly undermined. It would be naive of me to say that only Fianna Fáil can remedy it. My own view is that the best way we could remedy the smell of corruption in which Fianna Fáil has enveloped us all would be for Fianna Fáil to spend about ten years in Opposition. If they did so, they would discover how few friends they had when they had no power.