David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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That is the point I am making. With respect, I am not the one who said that these cards will be in place on 1 June. The Minister stood up on the floor of the Dáil on budget day to take all of the glory and said it would be done by 1 June. There was no sense that there would have to be negotiations or there would be the process Mr. Watt spoke about, which he said takes time. That is exactly why some of us asked what groundwork had been done when we heard of this announcement. It strikes me that it has not been done. Here we are, with deadlines come and gone. It is not acceptable.