The heavy lifting is not always carried out in the public eye. There’s been many meetings of the Parliamentary Party, and meetings with Lenihan and others over this issue.

We’re a small Party, and don’t have a member on the Finance Committee. A lot of our discussion of NAMA has been in the public eye, but its hard to cover every discussion of the issue.

You’d be more than welcome to come into the Dáil and attend any of these public meetings yourself, or indeed follow me around for a day or two and see the demands on our time as Teachta Dála.

I did cover some of the meeting on the monitors, but please value us as being more than ‘room meat’ on this issue. (with thanks to the movie ‘In the Loop’ for this phrase)

Cheers,

Ciarán

You are the sort of member that makes me sick. If you are disgusted and angry then let that be known internally. There are lots of people who are unhappy with one thing or another. But if your unhappiness (Valid or invalid) gets to a certain point, then you can always fuck off and leave if you are not prepared to be constructive.

There is serious work going on over the NAMA issue if you got your head out of the sand and looked. Serious changes to the legislation that do not require the Greens to attend and inform our political rivals of this fact.

If you just want to talk out of your arse in response to a nothing insubstantial newspaper article then it says a lot about your character.

Members of the Party who criticise their colleagues publicly for their own ego gratification lack a certain moral fibre. Particularly someone who deigns to be a candidate and standard bearer. Washing your dirty linen in public is shameful.

Differing opinions are essential in politics and in this, the most democratic of parties it is welcome that members can input more directly than elsewhere and speak their mind freely. But those that stir up shite for the sake of it are just inconsequential wankers. Does that include you?