Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I welcome all the people who have travelled to be in the Gallery tonight. I support the amendment. The Bill is rushed and half-baked. If the fox is minding the henhouse, we can only expect to get dead hens in the morning and no eggs or maybe an odd glugger the fox would not eat. I support the amendment and I support my colleague, Deputy O'Donoghue, who is a member of the committee. The Minister should listen to the experts. He might say experts are experts, but above all they must be independent of the Construction Industry Federation and any of the quarry people. We cannot fix the problem if there is an elephant in the room. I also support the amendment.

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