Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I did not attack anyone. I am defending the integrity of what the Minister is trying to do and I respect the right of all of us to take a different view. That is fair enough; that is democracy. I am not a zealot or a fundamentalist. I am a democrat and a republican who recognises the importance of the citizen. That is what we are doing with this Public Health (Alcohol) Bill and this is why, speaking as former Chairman of the health committee, we on that committee produced a tome of work to assist in the publication of this Bill.