Gerard Craughwell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Minister is sitting there throwing his eyes up to heaven. Damn it to hell, I have never been treated with such disrespect. I have respected the Minister of State every time he has come to this House. It is damned unfair of him to sit there and throw his eyes up to heaven when I bring him real facts. The Minister of State knows the facts that are coming down the road. He is presiding over the Defence Forces which are falling apart. He is sending them out to the Mediterranean. What will he do when they come back? He will pin a few medals on their chests. Will he give them the money? Will he pay them the full UN rate when they go out there? I am really disappointed. I have always held the Minister of State in high esteem. He sits there and throws his eyes up to heaven and now he is playing with his phone while I am trying to point out serious facts. I have treated him with respect every time I have seen him and he sits there and dismisses me as if I was something on the bottom of his shoe. Be like that. This is an outrage and a disgrace. How dare the Minister of State treat me like that.