Jimmy Harte (Labour) | Oireachtas source

Last night was a very poignant one for the people in the Visitors Gallery and others outside Leinster House who watched the Taoiseach apologise to the women who had spent time in the Magdalen laundries. It was followed by an apology from the Tánaiste and the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Kathleen Lynch. The leader of the Fianna Fáil Party, Deputy Micheál Martin, also apologised for doing nothing. Let me repeat what I said last week. It was like a scene from "Waiting for Godot" when nothing happens twice. That was a feature of the previous Administration. Will Deputy Micheál Martin apologise to the hundreds of thousands out of jobs who were victims of the policies he initiated? I give credit to Senators on the other side of the House and others who stood for election who went to doors as Fianna Fáil candidates and received terrible hassle.