Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have been outspoken on this decision in the Dáil. It is wrong. Galway should not be included in the Bill at all. It is a simple matter. Galway has been included in the Bill and the reason for that leads to a lack of trust. We are now discussing plebiscites. I am not against plebiscites in general but I have an issue with the manner in which this is being done and the extra stuff we are to be given. I will not repeat what I stated in the Dáil. However, this is a cynical exercise meant to deflect us from the real problems on the ground in Galway, which I will address when speaking to the amendment.