Emergency Bed Capacity: Statements
Dail Éireann — 2020-06-24
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Richard Boyd Barrett (PBP), Dún Laoghaire

Yes, "Spin Féin". Listening to it, I thought that it was ironic. I thought it was even more ironic when I listened to the Minister and to Deputy Donnelly today. Frankly, the performances by the Taoiseach on "Prime Time" and those of the Minister and Deputy Donnelly today suggest that it is more about "Spina Gael" and "Spina Fáil". I mean that in all sincerity because there is almost nothing I disagree with in the Minister's speech. It was a great speech, heaping praise on our health workers, saying we must never go back to where we were. It was absolutely brilliant. I do not know if the Minister wrote it or a speechwriter did but I could not agree more.

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Sitting date: 2020-06-24