Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)

The Finance Bill is a considerable body of work. It should not be curtailed in this fashion, in fairness to those who prepared it and considering the needs it is supposed to address. I asked earlier that several issues, such as the biofuels sector, be given far more consideration. I hope a more extensive debate will help the Government to introduce more informed and relevant amendments on Committee Stage. Such amendments are not in the Bill as it stands and it does not look like the Government is prepared to introduce them. We need more discussion on the Bill to tease out the matters it is not addressing at present.

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