Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am saying something positive in the sense that I have said that the Government has had a moment on the road to Damascus, which is good. This new Dáil is making changes. This is only my third year in this House but I have spoken about this to longer-serving colleagues. When was the co-operative movement last discussed in the Dáil? Was legislation for co-operatives ever discussed in the Dáil in the Minister of State's time? When Fine Gael and the Labour Party had an overwhelming majority and prior to that, when was it discussed? I do not think it was ever-----

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