Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We will take four minutes each. I welcome the Minister, Deputy Coveney, to the House. He used his skills to bring about a solution.

Wanting to annul this statutory instrument makes for a popular soundbite and is attractive when seeking support from the electorate. Sinn Féin's spokesperson appeared on Vincent Browne's show and went on about this great achievement, but what was achieved? It would have been chaos. I examined this situation from a political and a Fianna Fáil point of view. I have a certain sympathy with Sinn Féin's position in that it is trying to garner more support and take out Fianna Fáil. By God, Sinn Féin would have to get up early in the morning to take out Fianna Fáil.