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

It is fairly hard for any Deputy in the House to get elected. For each Deputy, it is a difficult ordeal. Notwithstanding that, it is easy enough to come up from Kerry. There are no restrictions all the way on the road up but it is getting increasingly more difficult to come into this building. On my way, I went out of the Dáil and I wanted to come back up through Molesworth Street. I was denied access to come up that way. I had to go around. I gave my identification. I would say they knew me anyway. It has gone beyond now. There are more barriers around this place and it is harder to get in and get out of here. I want some investigation into how a Deputy could be stopped on his way into the Dáil because it does not seem right to me. We are elected to come in here.

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