Seanad debates

Wednesday, 17 April 2013

7:15 pm

Photo of John GilroyJohn Gilroy (Labour) | Oireachtas source

-----has been described as a useful model. There are some operational, legal and constitutional difficulties but I think it is a good idea that could be reworked. It could be part of a solution. I acknowledge that Senator MacSharry has done a great deal of work on this area, but his contribution today has me perplexed and requires a response, but I will leave it to somebody who has a better brain that mine to respond to it because I could not make head nor tail of what he was saying. We had a geography lesson about Japan and America, but his history lesson was not as good as his geography lesson. We agree that the Ahern legacy is toxic but I am disappointed that we do not realise there is no value in blaming Fianna Fáil all the time. That is unproductive. We are in government and it is up to the Government to sort it out.

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