Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I acknowledge and thank Dr. McDonagh for her powerful contribution. Her opening address, which I watched from my office upstairs, reaffirmed that just because someone has a disability does not mean they do not have the ability to speak for themselves. While that piece of theatre was put on, my colleague inadvertently, in trying to help, perhaps presumed that Dr. McDonagh would not be able to speak for herself.