I am sorry I'm hoarse, so bear with me.

- The Tanaiste, Ms Harney.

Clearing those skips is dusty work.

- The Labour leader, Mr Ruairi Quinn.

At least you cannot say we are not open and transparent.

- Ms Harney.

Dusty and transported . . .

- Mr Quinn.

The time when one could assume that a person walking along a street in Dublin who had a black face was foreign is long gone. People like Paul McGrath and Phil Lynott, whose achievements in different fields inspired so many people, are as much Irish as Proinsias De Rossa or Bertie Ahern or John Bruton - or even Gerry Adams.

- The DL leader, Mr Proinsias De Rossa, speaking during a debate on racism.