Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)

This Bill will give the State, through the HSE, the power to sell the homes of old people who have income of more than €9,000 a year if they are in a nursing home. We are opposed to the Bill and we are opposed to any guillotining that would hasten passage of the Bill. Therefore, we are opposed to the measure before the House. We have an interest in delaying passage of the Bill for as long as possible.

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