General Practitioner Contract: Statements
Dail Éireann — 2020-11-03
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Mattie McGrath (IND), Tipperary

The Tánaiste suggests he has different rating of friends, that some are distant friends, some are absent friends and some are friends for the time being. I have a picture on my phone of the Tánaiste and Dr. Ó Tuathail involved in a certain march in Dublin in 2019 - very close context and very good friends. Dr. Ó Tuathail used the Tánaiste as a puppet and the Tánaiste did not even know he was being used as a puppet. The amount of money involved makes one think about the children's hospital, and the Tánaiste's Government signed off on that site. We might also think about broadband contracts and how Deputy Naughten was forced to resign. I am very concerned. Will the Tánaiste reply about the way he was used by Dr. Ó Tuathail if the Tánaiste is saying he is not his friend?

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Sitting date: 2020-11-03