Máire Devine

A dirty deal.

Thumbs up.

Is the Minister of State not embarrassed?

What about the grubby deal?

Did the Deputy make a deal?

So speaks the Dáil's biggest landlord.

Your time is up.

Time is up.

Thumbs up.

It will not be forgotten.

You said that.

You have.

My constituency of Dublin South Central has one of the highest percentages of residents with a disability. We know that households with a disabled member are more likely to be in poverty. Several communities here are chronically disadvantaged and children can be seen minding parents, especially in cases of mental health issues and addiction, which sadly often go hand in hand. In my previous role a…

That is embarrassing.

I have not spoken.

Hear, hear.

Well said.

That would be deadly.

We are very bold. We are sorry.

We are extremely sorry for annoying people.

I should express deep sorrow at being an upstart and upsetting the men in the Chamber but, let us remember, well-behaved women are rarely heard or achieve equality. I enjoy acknowledging women’s day but I am a bit of a begrudger at times. I love to celebrate and enjoy our sisters, daughters, mothers, aunties, nieces and gal-pals every day of the year, and I enjoy the recognition of this one day of…

It is neofascism across the world. Does the Deputy not think the world has become-----

You do if you want to. I think we know who we are talking about. I will talk about them later on, if the Deputy does not mind. Please do not interrupt me. We remain underpaid in the office and we are not promoted at the same rate as our superior male colleagues, but we are expected to nimbly step through society’s carefully choreographed dance routine of what a woman should and should not be. Say…

I am sorry Deputy Lahart has left the Chamber. He took it up that I meant in this Chamber but had he listened to what I had said, it would not have been-----

If anything-----