Labhrás Ó Murchú (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Last night, Senator Feargal Quinn set out his stall clearly, independently and courageously in the House with an open mind on the issue of possible privatisation. This was good as we should hear every opinion here. He had an addendum to his contribution, that when the Minister came in today, he would hold his counsel until he saw the reaction we would get from the Minister on the amendments being put before the House.

Many of us get weary of the cut and thrust of political debate here and of the "them" and "us" syndrome between government and opposition and the posturing and choreography inevitably and invariably ends up in a cul-de-sac.