John Gerard Hanafin (Fianna Fail)

Is it not really distorted that an embryo would be created to destroy it and to use it as a stem cell? That is wrong.

I would also like to comment on this morning's opinion poll. We are all well aware that we are not in a Greek city state where everybody can come together for every decision that must be made. We are in a republic and a democracy and we are here to govern. There are times when opinion polls can be useful if something is going wrong. However, if one is doing something which is right and which needs to be done——