Minister’s comments on constituents

Summary

Boland challenged the Minister’s apparent distrust of constituents’ accounts. The Minister replied that Deputies should check the facts of complaints; the Chair’s call to the next Deputy did not end the exchange.

John Boland Mr. Boland Fine Gael

In view of the Minister's doubts in regard to the honesty of his constituents, I, too, will try to look after my own constituents.

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Joseph Brennan An Ceann Comhairle Fianna Fáil

Deputy Michael Keating.

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John Boland Mr. Boland Fine Gael

In reply to Deputy Fitzpatrick the Minister said he did not believe his constituents when they came to him for the first time.

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Charles J. Haughey Mr. Haughey Fianna Fáil

Most Deputies know that when a constituent gives you his version of events they are not always in accordance with the facts.

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John Boland Mr. Boland Fine Gael

The Minister must have serious doubts about his constituents.

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Charles J. Haughey Mr. Haughey Fianna Fáil

With respect, a Cheann Comhairle, the Deputy is not all that long a Deputy.

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John Boland Mr. Boland Fine Gael

I tried three times before I got in.

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Charles J. Haughey Mr. Haughey Fianna Fáil

The Deputy knows that when a constituent comes to you with a complaint it is as well to check the facts.

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