Charlie O'Connor (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)

The Minister is doing very well as Deputy Hayes knows. While the Minister and I share a constituency boundary, it is not just that. I have considerable contact with him through my work as a local Deputy and through my work on the Joint Committee on Social and Family Affairs and as secretary of the Fianna Fáil group. Since he came to the Department of Social and Family Affairs I have always said he is doing tremendous work and to my sense is revolutionising the Department. He has seen the challenges and is listening to what people are saying.

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