Through the Chair, I honestly believe that we need to have a major rethink of this legislation because it will have profound impacts on all aspects of our lives, especially in rural Ireland, and on jobs all over our country. The very fabric of the essence of the survival of the farming sector and many rural economies is going to be an undermined with this legislation. It is rushed and ill-conceived, and it looks grand and dandy and is nice to pander to the public and to our friends in Europe and elsewhere, but reality has been left aside.
There is no real understanding or assessment as to an impact of this on every man, woman and child. We have figures, independently verified, that it is going to add almost €90 in costs for every man, woman and child in the country. Raw materials that were being harvested are being denied, like turf and many other issues.
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Tellers: Tá, Deputies Duncan Smith and Jack Chambers; Níl, Deputies Mattie McGrath and Michael Healy-Rae.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Question put: "That the proposal for Wednesday's sitting be agreed to". | Carried | 41–3 |
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