Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In other words, we reject the charge and assertion that has been made by Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett. There is no choreography. In the interregnum between the election and the formation of a Government, there have been calls for various debates on a range of issues. Today we are to debate mental health, and rightly so because universally across the country, there has been an overwhelming call for action in this regard by Oireachtas legislators.

Fianna Fáil, as a political party, has been very committed to assisting and being constructive in the formation of a Government. Other parties have stood back from that process for the past 60 days, and others just did not engage or did not involve themselves in it. The formation of a Government is important in terms of resolving the issues of Irish Water and water charges. Of course, Executive action and legislative action comprise the most effective way to deal with the issues that arise from that, irrespective of one’s views on it.

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