Many of us on all sides of this House are strongly of the view that we should not roll over these draconian powers for the Minister of Health and the Government. It is entirely unreasonable and unwarranted for the Minister to come to the House and seek the extension of those draconian powers in the absence of any kind of assessment or review of the operation of those powers.
These are emergency powers which have never been given to a Minister before in the magnitude of their powers and their draconian nature. Many people have contacted us who are genuine in saying that they do not want us to extend these powers because of some of the Minister's misuse of the regulations he brought forward in the past and because we are being asked to extend them until November of this year and they simply do not see the sense in it.
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Tellers: Tá, Deputies Brendan Griffin and Jack Chambers; Níl, Deputies David Cullinane and Mattie McGrath.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Question put: | Carried | 77–51 |
| Question put: | Carried | 90–50 |
| Amendment put: | Carried | 77–62 |
| Question put: | Lost | 59–80 |
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