Eoghan Harris (Independent)

Last week saw the first tentative moves towards a civility in this House and towards an agreement that everyone and every party has an obligation to do their best to take the country out of this terrible period it is in. I have criticised the Taoiseach before for his tribal approach to politics. He has been partisan, but he seems to have learned some lessons. Now I want to say to Fine Gael that it disgusting to listen to it resile from the move it made last week towards talking to the other side, and no other explanation can be found for it except that it is because of a problem that it has with its leader.