Caít Keane (Fine Gael)

It is important to put on the record that the stability and confidence the Government has brought to the country since it took office has been further enhanced today. It is what people have been speaking about for some time.

If I heard Senator O'Brien rightly he said yesterday's Private Members' debate did a service to the State. I am afraid Senator O'Brien and Fianna Fáil are suffering from a more serious form of delusion than even I thought possible if they imagine the quality or substance of the debate yesterday was high quality. It was a disservice to the country.