Paschal Donohoe (Fine Gael)

Senator Boyle referred to what he called the luxury of being in Opposition. It is clear there is a duty in being in Government which requires two things, namely, a recognition of when something is going wrong and that the Government takes responsibility upon itself to act in dealing with the issue. In fairness, at times there is occasionally a late recognition of when something needs action but what is continually missing is the Government taking responsibility to do something about it.