Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I do not accept the authenticity of my commitment to dealing with inequality or social difficulty in our country is any different from the Deputy's. I have never accepted that; I just have a different view of how it can be achieved. On the question of the language I used earlier in the week to describe it, I will give the Deputy an example of why I said what I said. I have said it lots of times. When I took part in the Dáil debate recently on the continuation of the FEMPI approach to public pay, which we disagree on - that is fine - I was called a dictator and compared to North Korea. I think it was Deputy Boyd Barrett who used that term to describe me.