Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, aided and abetted by the Green Party, are not only degrading the national Parliament on issues of serious public concern but they are also turning their backs on the ordinary public at a time of the greatest need with the cost of living so high. Instead of introducing an emergency budget, something for which we called last February, Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party wish to cruise into the summer and forget about the people. Their actions are unforgivable.

The Rural Independent Group has zero confidence in this Government for numerous reasons but its continuous engagement in evasion, spin and outright deception is now damaging the very fabric of our entire democracy. Ireland deserves better. The Irish people deserve better. In no other modern state would this be accepted but it is under the watch of the two parties that have dominated politics here since partition, with the full support of the Green Party and oftentimes that of some regional so-called Independents who are not independent. One must ask oneself why. It is because between them, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are responsible for a culture of insiders and jobs for the boys. They have appointed record numbers of advisors. They keep global elites outside. There are strokes being pulled. There is cronyism, corruption, cute hoorism and brown envelopes, scratched backs, dig-outs and whatever you are having yourself. The Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and the whole gang of them are at that. They are a disgrace.

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