Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)

Senator David Norris is unnecessarily excitable today. Perhaps he might contain himself. If he had a major interest in this matter, he was free, like every Member of the House, to attend the meeting of the joint committee at which we teased out the agreement in great detail. Every question that could have been asked was asked and every response given.

I can only conclude from the Senator's contribution that he has not read the agreement in full. His imagination seems to have run riot as to its implications.