Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

It is not agreed to. I refer to the motion regarding an extension of time for the Citizens' Assembly. I have said repeatedly that this is the citizens' assembly, to which, thankfully, we have been elected. The Citizens' Assembly had cost €1.8 million up to December last year, according to a reply I received to a parliamentary question. RED C has been caught with its pants down on this issue, in picking people preferentially and not acting in a proper manner. RED C has stated 99 citizens could never be representative of the full population of the country. The Rural Independent Group and I, therefore, object to allowing more time to be given to the Citizens' Assembly. When will it stop and how much will it cost? It has cost €1.8 million so far.

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