Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I compliment Deputy Mathews on what he said to the Minister with regard to allowing people vote with their conscience and not under the party Whip. Every person who was elected to this Chamber should be allowed today and tonight to vote with their own minds, hearts and souls and the party Whip should not be imposed on them. What the Government is doing to people who are unwilling to break ranks with their political parties and vote with their conscience is a disgrace.

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