Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I admit I am wandering but I am just putting that on the record. I am nearly finished. That is what the Government is standing over and this is the first Bill the Minister of State could be interested in bringing forward for the Defence Forces. All we get is disdain when we raise the issues. The Minister of State and the Government are neglecting the Army, military police and all the other officers of the State and taking them for granted because they cannot strike. That is disdain. They are noble and proud people who do noble service and I am proud of them. The Minister of State should respect them.

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