Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----because, otherwise, we start undermining what are words that describe issues that we need to be taking a very strong stand against.

There is not something deeper going on here. We have been debating in this House, both live and remotely, measures that the Government needs to put in place to protect people in the context of Covid for 18 months now, and that continues as we remove restrictions on society.

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