Emer Higgins (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Dramatics do not help our country and do not help our people. Opposition politics cannot just be about headlines. They also have to be about the country and the nation's interest. It has never been more important to buckle down and get working on behalf of the people of Ireland to protect our stability, our jobs in the face of potential tariffs, the taxes that support our most vulnerable - our older people and children and those in need of healthcare and disability services - and our country's future. Despite the Opposition's best efforts to destabilise Government, Ministers have been working to deliver on our programme for Government commitments and to protect those jobs and our economy in the face of global uncertainty. What we have not been able to do is come before Oireachtas committees, which is something that so many of our backbenchers and I are keen to get established.

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