Denis O'Donovan (Fianna Fail)

I propose a vote of thanks to Dr. Manning and briefly remind him of the vagaries of the political system. On 1 February 1993 we were on the same panel - the difficult Cultural and Educational Panel - and although I was 23 votes ahead of him, because of the game of Russian roulette involved in the inside and outside system, I chose the wrong path. I wished him luck and think that for the first time that night, either publicly or privately, he praised de Valera.