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Micheál Martin dispute

Summary

The row continued with demands that the Leader retract remarks about Deputy Martin, while the Chair repeatedly urged Members to move on. The exchange degenerated into shouting before the Chair intervened again.

The Leader should take that back. Deputy Micheál Martin would be a very good leader of this country.

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Deputy Martin's record in government-----

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Senator Buttimer should take back what he said. That is uncalled for.

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That is unacceptable. The Senator should take that back.

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Denis O'Donovan An Cathaoirleach Fianna Fáil

If this disintegrates into shouting, I will adjourn for 20 minutes. Do Members want that?

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Senator Buttimer must take back what he said.

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Denis O'Donovan An Cathaoirleach Fianna Fáil

I call on the Leader to be balanced in his remarks. All he is doing is exciting other people. He has attacked three or four different people.

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The Leader is putting fuel on the fire.

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Denis O'Donovan An Cathaoirleach Fianna Fáil

If there is any more of this, I will adjourn. This is nonsense. I do not want the debate to degenerate into personalities and remarks thrown here and there. Members must be more responsible.

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I am not being personal at all. The point I am making is that under the Fianna Fáil Government of which Deputy Martin was a member, our country was ruined. I am sure Senator Murnane O'Connor feels a bit like Bobby Ewing. She has woken up from a bad dream. It was not a bad dream, though. It was reality.

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After eight years, the Leader's party must be accountable. We heard about a figure of €3 million today, with people still on trolleys.

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People in the House earn less than people like Bobby Ewing.

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Denis O'Donovan An Cathaoirleach Fianna Fáil

The Leader should move on.

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I will indeed.

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Denis O'Donovan An Cathaoirleach Fianna Fáil

That started with a tweet and has now disintegrated into something else.

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