Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

The Acting Chairman asked that there would be some degree of brevity. It is an hour since he did so. This is the third time Deputy Mattie McGrath has spoken on this amendment. He has spoken for an hour. He is filibustering and does not really want the Minister to answer the questions. He will keep on talking. The way the Parliament is being abused is very unfair. I was accused of being party to a coup d'état. In fact, the abuse is on the other side here. It is really unfair that this should be allowed to continue. Deputy McGrath should bring his contribution to a close because he is being repetitive-----

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