Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I had expected the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, to be present and had intended to appeal to her to look into her heart and revisit her conscience. However, the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes, is present and there is not much point in appealing to him to look into his heart. I do not know if he has one. I do not mean that in a bad way, but we have seen some of the contributions from Ministers over the past week on the respite care grant and carers. One issue that gets lost in all of this-----

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