Brendan Ryan (Labour)

We would all want to be careful because, within six months, if Mr. Blair has his way, we could all be arrested if we say something about 1916 in the British jurisdiction, as it may be regarded as a criminal offence of glorifying what the British call terrorism. I would hate to see Senator Norris arrested if he crossed the Border.

There have rarely been moments in a country's history when so much money was proposed to be spent with so little paperwork to back it up. I said to Senator Brian Hayes before proceedings began that the last time I saw so much money and so little paper was when the woman in Limerick won the lottery. A sum of €34 billion will be expended. I am an engineer and I expect things to be done properly.