Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members]
Dail Éireann — 2021-11-02
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Duncan Smith (LAB), Dublin Fingal

I am finding it hard to separate the two debates taking place today in the House, namely, this one and the one we had before it. It is like an old-fashioned revue, where we had the first act, the actors went off for a short interval and now they have come back and taken up different parts. I cannot understand how any proposer of this motion, which is an excellent motion in itself that is supportive of student nurses and midwives and other healthcare workers, could vehemently oppose the extension of emergency powers on a day when case numbers are at 3,700.

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Sitting date: 2021-11-02