Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)

I thank Deputies Lynch and English for their support for the amendment and for recognising its practicality and common sense. Partnership deals are done outside this House. To expect people in the House who had no direct input into those negotiations, or with the partnerships involved, to accept those deals transforms us from legislators to rubber stampers who do not have the right to amend or even tweak legislation. I do not accept that principle.

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