Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

A situation where seeing is believing. In the second richest country in Europe, we have people with end-stage cancer spending their most precious moments, because they are their final moments, vying for space on chairs and trolleys. Crime and criminality has become rampant. We see a society where civility and respect has diminished, aided and abetted by the Taoiseach's Government. For that reason I fully support the motion in the name of Deputy Rabbitte and the Labour Party and urge those 16 backbenchers in particular, some of whom are here now——

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