Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3: Motion
Dail Éireann — 2020-10-22
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Michael McNamara (IND), Clare

Before the Minister continues, I want to say that I fundamentally disagree with a question of this importance being determined after a debate lasting 145 minutes, which gives less than one minute per Deputy in the Chamber. I propose that Standing Orders be suspended to allow for more time. I appreciate that the Government has a difficult decision to make but that decision must be made after adequate debate in this Parliament. If that debate is not to take place in the Dáil, I ask the Government where it is to take place. Is it to take place violently outside the gates of Leinster House? There is no place for violence and I condemn it, but there is a place for debate and it is here in this Chamber.

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Sitting date: 2020-10-22