Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2023-05-16
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Paul Gavan (SF), Labour Panel

Could the Minister please show us some collective respect? We are not asking rude questions. We are not being unpleasant to him. We are asking legitimate questions on behalf of the thousands of people who have contacted us. It is not acceptable to sit there in silence. It is a huge insult to the very people that this Bill purportedly sets out to protect but, as I pointed out already, in many cases excludes. The Minister has still not given us any justification for that exclusion and now his initial indication is that he will not even speak on the section. That is not acceptable. It is entirely unacceptable. I urge the Minister to please respond.

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Sitting date: 2023-05-16