Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Apparently, some Members of this House are disappointed that the media has been focusing on the Committee of Public Accounts in recent weeks. It has been suggested that the committee in question, rather than this Chamber, has been at the centre of parliamentary discourse. I do not know what Members are annoyed about, given that no Fianna Fáil Deputies are present for this part of the debate on a Private Members' motion that was tabled by their party. They have not had the courtesy to remain to hear contributions to the debate on their own motion. Equally, neither the Minister for Health nor the Ministers of State at the Department of Health are in attendance. I have stayed here until the very end of this evening's session to raise an issue that pertains to this motion, but the Deputies from the party that proposed the motion have not bothered to stay. The relevant Minister and Ministers of State are not here either. How can this place be taken seriously in that type of scenario?

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