Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)

The Minister of State insults us, the Dáil and the people by coming to the House with that rambling and irrelevant answer. It is incredible. It was written by the Civil Service and I doubt she read it before she came to the House because, otherwise, she would not take responsibility for it. This is supposed to be the Topical Issues Debate; it is supposed to involve relevant engagement with reality. The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources who is in charge of the ESB should be here to answer. He has the power, with the chief executive, to immediately have this woman released and then by agreement proceed-----

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