David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I genuinely compliment the Minister. It was most interesting that he was motivated to speak without reference to his notes. He made a passionate speech. I believe that he is committed and I hope that he gets support from his Government colleagues and the rest of Parliament.

It will be a pity if this issue is reduced to party politics and accusations that Fianna Fáil did this, Fine Gael did not do that and so on. That is nonsense when we are confronting an emergency.