Marc MacSharry (Fianna Fail)

I welcome the Minister of State to the House. It is the first opportunity I have had to congratulate him on his re-election. I wish him well in his portfolio in the next five years.

By way of rebuttal, it is ridiculous in the extreme that one should put one's name forward to speak on legislation if one is going to start by saying that, like most others, one has no interest in the legislation, but will avail of the opportunity to bash the Government.