You have to keep your promises, Taoiseach.

- Mr John Gormley (Green Party) to Mr Ahern

Who told you that ?

- Mr Emmet Stagg (Labour)

Now we know why he is Green.

- Mr Brendan Howlin (Labour)

In every half-case, people see compensation. Compensatitis must be the worst disease that we have in the country at the moment.

- The Taoiseach, Mr Ahern A litigious culture which has now come to the conclusion that behind every conceivable human problem there is a legal case waiting to break out and all you have to do is to find somebody against whom you can file a suit...

- The Labour Party leader, Mr Ruairi Quinn