Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I do not want to make this a political football. The issue might be a matter of mirth for the Government benches.

When an organisation such as Simon, which cannot be accused of being political, tells us that this is a crisis beyond a crisis, it is time to stop laughing in the House and to start to take the issue seriously.

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