Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The acting Leader of the Opposition, Senator Thomas Byrne, talked about what he referred to as the "guff" coming from the Government. We have heard a great deal of guff from the Senator today. As we have explained, the Government is a two-party coalition charged with the difficult task of clearing up the unholy mess left by the Senator's party in government. The Government is in it for the long haul. It is not a temporary little arrangement, as a former leader of the Senator's party once described a coalition arrangement in which he was involved.