Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages
Dail Éireann — 2020-12-16
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Mattie McGrath (IND), Tipperary

I am speaking to the amendments, which the Minister has replied to and rejected. I am just saying that I attended and chaired many public meetings as a layperson before ever I was in politics. I am not suggesting that politicians would do that when they are in power. The Minister suggested that we would be trying to garner support or whatever. We did not go around north Dublin setting trees the day before an election, like his former colleague, Ray Burke, did. He should look to his own party's history and not be lecturing us. I was a member of his wonderful organisation and I know all about what went on there.

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Sitting date: 2020-12-16