Joe O'Toole (Independent)

I am entitled to make that comment. I was very tempted to call a quorum but decided not to in favour of putting that remark on the record.

In welcoming the Minister of State, Deputy Mansergh, I speak as one who has tended to support all the main decisions of the Government over recent years. I had an argument with the Minister during the week. He challenged me on why I had supported a motion of no confidence in the Government. I pointed out to him that it had very little to do with Government decisions but with the current process, structure, shape and architecture of government. In my tending to support the main decisions of the Government over recent years, I defended them better than many in Government parties. I refer to decisions from September 2008.