Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

It was equally repulsive, shameless, despicable and disgusting when the other advice was given out by HSE-funded people. The Minister never said a word about that. The Minister's future career is on the line. If he wants to be honest and straightforward with people, by all means he should, but he cannot have such naked double standards.

I wholeheartedly support the idea of best practice being followed at all times by those offering counselling. The proposed legislation is coming from a former Minister, Deputy Howlin, who was one of the top four or magnificent four in the previous Government. He ignored appeals by me, by the former Deputy, Terence Flanagan, and others during his time in government to carry out that investigation and stop it from being downgraded to an audit. There was nothing done. He blatantly ignored it and so did the two iar-Thánaistí, Deputies Gilmore and Burton. They ignored it. For them to come in here this evening with this motion is sickening and it is so hypocritical to have to listen to this kind of double standards a short time after. They think we are all going to forget about it and go away. Thankfully, some of us have not gone away, you know.

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