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

In an earlier contribution I said that with so many of my colleagues, including Ministers, mentioning Tallaght, my job was done. I am always happy, when I have the opportunity to speak, that such prominent members of the Opposition turn up to support me.

First, I want to refer to the Minister. We are all entitled to our politics across the floor, but I believe we all agree this Minister is revolutionising social welfare and taking on reforms that many of his predecessors in successive Governments over the years did not, or would not do. We should applaud the work of the Minister, Deputy Brennan, and encourage him to carry on that work.

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