Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister should not, knowing the details of the case, try to influence the courts in their decision next Tuesday. I am not doing that, but am recording the exact position. I have no change of mind on the decision I took as the sole Member of the House in the Dáil in 1983. I stand by that decision which has led to the safe delivery of many Irish citizens who have contributed to this society since then. Without that safeguard in the Constitution, that may not have been the case. I hope there will be room at the inn in 2014.