Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Yes, it is political. It is to keep the Taoiseach in power until the end of the year and to make him Tánaiste next year and to keep the Ministers behind in place. That is what it is. The tail is wagging the dog. The dogs in the street see and know that. The Taoiseach has not answered or explained what is going on in Russia, China or the US. They are using massive amounts of oil, diesel, coal and everything else.

The Government would not let us cut a sod of turf here if it could do so. There are drains cut across the passages into the bogs in the midlands in order that the locals there cannot cut turf this year. The Taoiseach knows that.

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