Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael)

When Senator Leyden was making his wonderful speech, I wondered if I was in a dream. For a moment I pictured myself — but perish the thought — sitting in the RDS at a Fianna Fáil Ard-Fheis because there was a clarion call, a "Battle Hymn of the Republic" speech from Senator Leyden announcing that, "I am going to save child care, hallelujah". Senator Leyden, on his own, the white horse of the west——