Brendan Ryan (Labour)

On the issue raised by Senator Brian Hayes, the Irish people are in the Thirty-two Counties and a significant proportion of them have voted for Sinn Féin. If the DUP is prepared to share Government with Sinn Féin in Northern Ireland, the issue is not whether Fianna Fáil would do so but whether Sinn Féin would besmirch its commitment to left-wing values by joining with Fianna Fáil and keeping in power the sort of Government that has done so much damage to those it claims to support. I would put the question to Sinn Féin rather than Fianna Fáil because the latter will share power with anybody provided it has most of the power.