Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Chairman has let two speakers in already.

The more I listen to this, the more I think there is a patriarchal paternalism coming across that we must protect the electorate in relation to information. It is actually getting worse. There is nothing wrong with information, dealt with properly by ourselves in an open and accountable manner. These types of arguments are actually echoes of what happened with CervicalCheck. We know best; do it later; now is not the time. I despair of this level of argument.