John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this issue. While I am grateful that the Minister of State, Deputy Cannon, is here, I ask him to express my serious disappointment to the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Deputy Madigan, at her non-attendance. It is not often that the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht is called on for Topical Issues. If she had sent word to me that she was unavailable, I would have happily deferred the matter as it is an issue of significant gravity.

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