Luke Flanagan (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent)

I know we are a good Opposition but we are being painted as some sort of geniuses. Apparently we have manipulated people's minds. We somehow managed to convince all of those people to come onto the street today on the basis that something bad would happen to their education system. Having spoken to some of the people in the Gallery earlier, they are the last people in the world whose minds could be manipulated. I look forward to the day when many of them are sitting in this Chamber representing themselves because those people's minds will not be manipulated.

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