Will the Taoiseach agree to a debate this week on the Government's testing and tracing plan? The need for debate on this is doubly the case because the Business Committee also signed off on the schedule for the Covid committee. I agree that we requested a debate on the regulations at the Business Committee.
The business of the House is agreed and included in that, when we got notification last Friday morning of the business for this week, was the work of the Dáil and the Covid-19 committee. The Covid-19 committee was due to debate that plan specifically. The Covid-19 committee was the only opportunity that we in the Opposition have had to have any discussion with the Minister for Health, the HSE or with NPHET on that plan and on other issues.
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Tellers: Tá, Deputies Jack Chambers and Paul McAuliffe; Níl, Deputies Denise Mitchell and Pádraig Mac Lochlainn.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Question put: "That the proposal for dealing with Tuesday's sitting be agreed to." | Carried | 26–19 |
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