As the Ceann Comhairle knows, the Whips met last night and the Opposition whips made it clear that we felt the Dáil should reconvene, as is normal after the Christmas recess, on 15 January. We need to reconvene on 15 January, as is normal, after the Christmas recess. We, too, believe we should be reconvening on 15 January.
These are huge crises we have now on which we need urgent action, so the idea of delaying the Dáil coming back is utterly unacceptable and sends an incredibly bad message to the electorate who put their faith in electing us to this Dáil. There is no reward for anyone in this country who works, but all the rewards are coming back into this Chamber where the Government wants to take a break until 22 January. I have no problem coming back in on 15 January because I will be back to work myself on 6 January.
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Tellers: Tá, Deputies Cormac Devlin and Hildegarde Naughton; Níl, Deputies Cian O'Callaghan and Pádraig Mac Lochlainn.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Question put: | Lost | 44–110 |
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