Ivana Bacik (Independent) | Oireachtas source

It is interesting to hear Senator Byrne speak about guff since he is a master of the art of guff. I have made my comment on the record last week in this House on former Minister of State, Róisín Shortall. I stand over that. A number of other Labour Party Senators made comments in this House also. It is interesting that Senator Byrne chose to single out the Labour Party as if this was a single party Government, which clearly it is not. There are two parties in government. Fine Gael is the majority partner in the Government and it is a coalition that is working well. Clearly, Fianna Fáil sees the Labour Party as the real challenge, perhaps because the Labour Party took so many of Fianna Fáil?s votes in the previous election.