Ned O'Sullivan (Fianna Fail)

Those who are writing the political obituary of my party have done so too soon. A different song will be sung in the next two years when the people will have a chance to show whether they appreciate the measures taken. The medicine is tough, but I think they will appreciate the medicine was good for them.

Returning to the point we are supposed to be discussing on the trade union issue, I praise the trade union movement. When I was a teacher, I was proud to be a trade union activist. I say to people like Mr. Peter McLoone, Mr. Jack O'Connor and Mr. David Begg that they have done the right thing in giving leadership. I believe their members will take their lead. Ms Sheila Noonan, general secretary of the INTO, the union of which I was proud to be a member, said the agreement-----