Paschal Mooney (Fianna Fail)

Last evening the Minister, Deputy Ó Cuív, nailed a particular canard among the chattering classes, as they are generally referred to and which include the Dublin media and the Dublin 4 set, an abstract concept, that the problems of the country would be more effectively solved by having a national Government. Usually, a comparison is drawn with the position in wartime Britain. While we are in a war, I hardly think the comparison holds up. As the Minister pointed out very gently, despite the best efforts of Mr. Browne to stop him from expressing his opinions - of course, everybody knows how Vincent operates on television-----