Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We might do well not to politicise these discussions as much as we have been doing today. The Minister has a job of work to do to convince representative bodies of his commitment in this area. I accept his intentions are positive but it might be useful if he could report to us at some stage that he has been actively engaging with the representative bodies. He did not attend the annual conference, and perhaps he might have been able to communicate more effectively his position on this if he had been there. He was ably represented by the Minister of State. It would be good for the Minister to engage as directly as it is possible for him to do.

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