Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am sticking to it. I am talking about it and I am supporting amendments Nos. 86 and 93. I am questioning the competence of the authorities and the reluctance of the Minister to put meaningful penalties in place for the people who will be covered by this legislation. Is it that the great and powerful can escape all these penalties and the wrath of the Minister, Deputy Ross? When he was writing for the newspapers he could move mountains and put men on the moon and bring them back again but now he can do diddly-squat.

He cannot get a Bill like this passed, or even get sections of it passed. He cannot get enough people on his own benches to support it.

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