Mary O'Rourke (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)

I too am pleased to speak on the Government amendment. I have great respect for Deputy Howlin who speaks from a long-held conviction and determination that his ideas would find voice. I do not say this blithely.

There seems to be a determination to denigrate the smaller party in Government and to run down everything that it does.

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