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Dáil
‹ An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

Finance Bill guillotine and vaccination access

Summary

Catherine Connolly objected to the truncated Finance Bill debate and supported calls for a full discussion on vaccination policy and discrimination in access to pubs.

I object to the Order of Business on two counts. I support the Deputies calling for a full debate on vaccination and the decisions being made to discriminate on the roll-out of that and into pubs. I also object in the strongest possible terms that the Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill will be allowed one hour's debate tomorrow night. Language means nothing, and if language means nothing, democracy means nothing. To cut that to one hour with a guillotine when the amendment alone from the Minister for Finance is three pages-plus beggars belief. The Government has no interest in open discussion or in getting the views of the Opposition. It is ramming through legislation with the use of the guillotine and I fundamentally object to it.

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