Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak on this motion tonight. However, I am not pleased - I am hurt and annoyed - by the trauma that is being visited upon ordinary decent people. I compliment Deputy Ó Caoláin on tabling the motion. I am shocked and taken aback. I sat on a social welfare committee with the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, and Deputy Catherine Byrne during the previous Dáil. I know that they were genuine, honest and caring. The Minister of State, in particular is poacher turned gamekeeper. It is an appalling vista.

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