Pay for Student Nurses and Midwives: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
Dail Éireann — 2020-12-02
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Richard Boyd Barrett (PBP), Dún Laoghaire

The vote was very close, with a very narrow majority supporting the Government amendment not to pay our student nurses and midwives - a disgraceful decision. Since the margin is so close, under Standing Order 83(3)( b ), we call for a vote other than by electronic means in order to give all the Government Deputies from Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party a moment to reflect on whether their decision not to pay our student nurses and midwives for their work on the front line was, in fact, the decision they really wanted to make.

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Sitting date: 2020-12-02