Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael)

Yesterday the Green Party added turmoil, uncertainty and instability not just to the political system but also to the lives of the people. Senator Coghlan is correct in pointing out that the markets reacted to this. I ask the Leader to join me in calling on Green Party Ministers to do the honourable thing and resign. Otherwise, the Taoiseach should take their seals of office from them and let them walk away from government.

What does "stand by the Republic" mean? What does it mean to stand by the people? It means getting Fianna Fáil out of government. That is what the people want above all else. They want the budget to be passed; they want the uncertainty removed and a revolution in how the Government operates. Hwever, they will not get it following the actions of the Green Party yesterday and the rhetoric today of Senator Feeney and others who play tribal, partisan politics. The reality——