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Return to Leinster House

Summary

Deputy Tóibín criticised the cost of sitting in the convention centre and urged a practical date for returning the Dáil to Leinster House.

It is reported that the Dáil is sitting here at a cost of €25,000 per day. That is a shockingly high figure considering what is happening throughout the country. It is no longer acceptable, if it ever was. A special school in my constituency no longer has the funding to provide hot meals to its children while the Dáil is spending €5,000 on a Members' restaurant here in the convention centre. We need to have a date on which we can get back to Leinster House. A large number of Members are vaccinated. There should be a practical solution for us so we do not have to pay the sum I have mentioned daily.

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