Danny Healy-Rae 'a disgrace' for jibe about gender of Paul Murphy's child in heated Dáil row

Kerry TD Danny Healy-Rae in the Dáil chamber. In exchanges about the Finance Bill, Mr Healy-Rae said to PBP TD Paul Murphy: 'What do you know? Sure you do not know whether your own baby is a boy or a girl'. File Picture: Maxwell's 

Independent TD Danny Healy-Rae has been labelled a "disgrace" and a "fucking asshole" when he brought up the gender of People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy's child during a debate on the Finance Bill on Tuesday.

As deputies discussed the Universal Social Charge in the Dáil, the Kerry TD used his speaking time to call for its abolition, describing it as a "punitive tax that affects everyone" before criticising Government spending on immigration and climate action, and the introduction of reduced speed limits.