'This is the fight of our lives, and it's exhausting': TDs pay tribute to Ashling Murphy 

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald was among the TDs to speak passionately on the subject, occasionally glancing over at Independent TDs Mattie McGrath and Michael Healy-Rae, who appeared engrossed in a private conversation.

Minister of State at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth with responsibility for Disability Anne Rabbitte.

"This is the fight of our lives, and it's exhausting," junior minister Anne Rabbitte passionately told the Dáil.

Directly behind her, Fine Gael TD Jennifer Carroll MacNeill was knowingly nodding.