Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2024-10-02
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Mary Lou McDonald (SF), Dublin Central

The child is 13. Boys who are 13 years old do not want to be mentioned on the floor of the Dáil. I know because I reared one myself. The last thing he wants is his name mentioned here. Yet his mother is so desperate now that she felt moved to put up a video of him and to ask that this matter be raised directly with the Taoiseach. He can get the treatment he needs in the United States.

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Sitting date: 2024-10-02