Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will add a couple of comments to what is an important debate. Deputy Murphy probably did not get to hear all the comments of our colleagues, but they did not exactly say everything he thinks they said. However, I think they raise a fair question. I am glad he came in and took the chance to explain his circumstances, but he has to accept that the message it sends out has caused a lot of difficulty. People genuinely see it as an abuse of the system. I welcome the Deputy's explanation. It certainly helped a little, but he still needs to consider the message it sends out to people. Apart from everything else in here about it, he should consider it and see how he wishes to react.

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