Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is always interesting when the Dáil reconvenes after an election and people decide to present the election results in whatever way suits them. All I know is that more people went out and voted for my party than any other party. More people went out and gave Fianna Fáil seats in the local elections than any other party. Many people voted for the Green Party. The people on this side of the House receive many mandates in urban and rural Ireland in big towns and villages. As for this idea of reject, mass, mobilise and get the Government, I am sorry, but it just did not go like that in the past few days, and better luck next time.

We will continue to have a multi-agency approach to this issue. We will not tolerate a siloed approach where one organisation says that is a matter for another Department. I cannot tolerate that sort of nonsense.

The reality of the situation is we were seeing illegal and dangerous tented villages emerging in parts of this city. We were very near a public health emergency. I will make no apology for making sure the laws of the land are upheld and for making sure people are in-----

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