Peter Mathews (Dublin South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Ceann Comhairle was not present for my opening remarks, which is fair enough, but I indicated that I wanted to distinguish between the macro and micro view. This is a micro matter that should not have been rushed in the way that it has. The reasons were outlined by the previous speakers, who spoke very well. I am just trying to get a helicopter view of what is going on in here. Some of the comments of Opposition speakers, including Deputies Mary Lou McDonald and Peadar Tóibín, have been sound stuff.

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