Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent)

However, he is whispering continually. I once used to like a band called Big Tom and the Mainliners. However, this is like Big Tom, Big Phil and the Chancers because they are not addressing the Bill. They are trying poppycock and giving Members gobbledygook. Moreover, a public meeting is to be held in Dundrum, County Tipperary, which has been organised by Deputy Tom Hayes and which the Minister will attend. However, it is no longer public, as I cannot attend. In addition to being an elected Member of the House, I am also a member of the public in south Tipperary, yet I cannot attend the meeting. Why will the Minister not face me or attend a public event in a place in which he would have to answer the questions asked of him?

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