Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

That is not the case because we are still in Government. Is this not what democracy is about?

Each year, we will answer to an independent board which will make an evaluation and, ultimately, to the electorate. The electorate are not fools and I guarantee that if we were to do the crazy things outlined by Senator Ryan and were slated by the independent board, the electorate would let us know at the next election.