Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy has got ahead of himself. I presume his view is that of the Anti-Austerity Alliance. I do not share his view. He said the Citizen's Assembly was a cynical delaying tactic. It is no such thing. It does not involve an unrepresentative group, as the Deputy suggested. The people who serve on the Citizens' Assembly were carefully and independently chosen by age, gender and region and they are contributing very valuable information to it. The fact that more than 13,000 people decided to send their views for public assimilation and analysis speaks of the importance of the matter.

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