Ulick Burke (Fine Gael)

The Minister does not mention these people. He will go to the extreme and point the finger at everyone else. That is his problem and he must solve it. He must make a decision but is not being helped by his colleagues, wherever they are or however they manifest themselves on the day he reports. He has had a review in the offing since last September. He said last Easter that one way or the other it would be placed before his colleagues. The tragedy is that, with his colleagues, he has adopted a maxim – if in doubt, leave them out. That is what he has done. That is how he has treated people tonight.