The comments came during a motion on students nurses being paid.
A Meath-West TD has called on Twitter to fact-check tweets from Minister Simon Harris.
The Dáil earlier debated a motion calling for student nurses to be paid.
During that debate Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín said the government has broken a promise to them:
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