Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will comment on the section and the Bill in general. It is fine for the Minister, Deputy Noonan, to wax lyrical about the Dodder and the amendments tabled by Opposition Deputies. We all appreciate his good humour and can go back to when he was a Minister 20 years ago to recall "Scrap Saturday" and the humour and sarcasm in that. I respect what the Minister is trying to do but I do not respect the way the Bill has been guillotined and forced through.

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