Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)

This is the second time the debate has been interrupted by someone who wants to prevent the debate being replied to during a closing speech or an attempt to make one.

Regarding the course of the debate, it was striking that when Deputy McHugh, an Independent, spoke, he pointed out that three parties had no Deputies present, namely, the Green Party, Labour and Fine Gael. It was also striking that, when I looked at my watch, it took an hour and five minutes for the Labour Party to show up——

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