Brendan Ryan (Labour)

Transport 21 was perhaps the nadir when the Government produced a loose-leaf paper with a proposal to spend €30 billion. That was not a plan but the problem is that the Government thinks it is. The sooner we all figure that out the better.

When a rottweiler runs away from a rabbit there is a strange political climate. In that context, I want to record something I found profoundly offensive, namely, that the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform said that the sort of people who damaged his party's offices were the sort of people who go on anti-war protests. That is a wonderful claim because it does not single out an individual.

I record that, with the exception of Senator Norris, I have probably been on more anti-war protests than anybody in this House, and I hope to continue to do so for as long as I am able to walk.