Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I am still not crystal clear on exactly what function the unit has, but perhaps the Taoiseach could circulate a note including the names and contact details of those involved with unit, something Deputy Burton has requested.

The Taoiseach will recall that in a past Administration, the late Jackie Healy Rae, who supported the Government, had parliamentary support. I passed him on the corridor every Thursday while he waited for a portion of the list to be delivered and to have dialogue. Does that facility still exist? Is a support person from the Government, be it a civil servant or non-civil servant, dealing with those Independent Deputies who support the Government on the same basis as the individual to whom I referred was supported and helped in a previous Administration?

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