Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

My point is that we should have a quorum. This is a scandal. There is one Minister of State present and no Deputy from the Labour Party, Sinn Féin or Independents 4 Change. Thousands of people spent weeks standing at factory gates. My colleagues and I visited them, as did Deputy Cahill, who is present.

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