Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am nearly finished. We must rural-proof any legislation. If the Minister does not get the support of the other Cabinet members, he might as well stay with no portfolio, no child, no christening and no name because he will be frustrated. I want to support him. I want him in his reply, or someone else, to tell me the timeline of when he expects to get a portfolio, when he might have a christening and when he might have a few bob. I am talking about money. He will not get any money, so we need action. It is long past time and we might laugh about it here. This is farcical.

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