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

I am here to answer the question raised by Deputy Jack Chambers. The Minister, Deputy Harris, had hoped to be present but as the Deputy is aware, the timing of this moved quite a bit today. It is normal practice for the Minister or one of his Ministers of State to cover these issues, and the Deputy knows that. To be fair, there is no point in him trying to go down that road because it is not believable.

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