Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am just saying that the people are waiting in the long grass for Fine Gael. Why would they not be? Fine Gael has never had any interest in the little people, na daoine beaga. That it is supported and kept in power by the Deputies beside me is a shocking state of affairs. We have no Opposition when it comes down to it. Fine Gael has been found out. In the privacy of the ballot boxes, the people will get rid of the posh boys - the Taoiseach, the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government and the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris. I have not even mentioned the scandal of the children's hospital. My new grandchild, Cathal, was born last Sunday night. I welcome him into our family. I am delighted that he is well. No grandchild of mine will ever get into that hospital. It is the biggest travesty ever perpetrated under this Government's watch. It is going on and going on and the hole is getting bigger and bigger. Government Members will be lucky if they do not all find themselves inside it, bulldozed over and forgotten about. They will be a bad thought in people's memories and nothing else. They do not deserve any good thought because they do not respect the electorate and their mandate. They think they can just bulldoze through. I am surprised that Fianna Fáil gives them the nod every so often under the umbrella of Brexit. I do not know what will happen if Brexit gets solved.

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