Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail)

I will stand over what I say. I have known this man personally for that period of time. He and his wife, Bridie, have provided the best service in the county. He and Mr. Michael Relihan, the surgeon, both came at the same time and they both provide a great service. It is a damn shame that the Minister, Deputy Reilly, would say those things about a man who served his people so well. I have never previously said what I know about this man, but I am giving a testament today about him, on a personal basis. He is a person of the highest possible integrity, who has saved lives in Roscommon. Lives will be lost. The decision by the Taoiseach, backtracking on what he stated during the general election campaign, will cost lives and the Government will be responsible for the death of many people from Roscommon travelling the roads to Galway and elsewhere.