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It was a Cork vs Kerry affair at the Dail this afternoon when Michael Healy-Rae exploded in fury over a comment made by Taoiseach Micheal Martin.
Healy-Rae’s overreaction to Martin’s claims that he organized bus trips for mass cataract patients was quickly defused by the Cork man, who told him to “relax” while holding back his own laughter, reports Cork Beo. .
“I was reliably informed that MP Healy-Rae reached out to people outside of a mass to tell them that I can take you on the bus if you want a waterfall. [procedure]- “he said casually on camera, to which Kerry’s man yelled,” You should take that back! You are a disgrace! “
A bewildered Micheal Martin watched as Michael Healy-Rae stood up and screamed, almost losing his trademark cap as steam practically came out of his ears.
“You’re just at the bottom of the barrel now coming out with that kind of statement,” Healy Rae yelled, as the Ceann Comhairle asked everyone to calm down.
“Police a little, Taoiseach!” he implored, to which Martin said, “Ah, relax,” in true Cork style.
“Don’t tell me to feel-“
“I’m not telling you that you feel-“
“That’s a terrible thing to say,” Kerry TD said as Ceann Comhairle’s efforts to calm down the camera are again ignored.
“It’s the truth,” said the Taoiseach timidly, to which the furious Kerryman replied, “If someone you own is going blind, you wouldn’t like it.”
“Ah, calm down,” the Taoiseach repeated.
Healy-Rae later tweeted: “The Taoiseach made fun of people like Michael Griffin, who had to travel to Belfast to save his sight.
“We never intend to fund these operations, rather we make it possible for people like Michael to show up that day, walk the bus and have nothing to worry about.
“The Taoiseach was nothing short of a disgrace on the Dáil today, I should be ashamed that people like Michael have to travel to Belfast for cataract surgery instead of making sarcastic false remarks on the Dáil and joking about it.
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