Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

While I agree to the suspension of the House, I find it disgraceful that, apart from the Minister of State, no other Deputy on the Government side has bothered to come to the Chamber to speak on such an important issue. It is an insult to the Technical Group which tabled the Private Members' motion, in particular to Deputy Tom Fleming, who moved it. Surely the issue of organ donation is worthy of debate and discourse.

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