Dan Boyle (Cork South Central, Green Party)

Given that the Tánaiste represents the San Marino of Irish politics, he is not in any position to judge anybody's performance. On today's Order Paper there is a proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and the Council amending a directive on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use. Will the Government provide time, under a new Order of Business, to use that proposal to discuss the situation at Pfizer in Cork? It has just been announced that the Ringaskiddy plant is to close and the Little Island and Loughbeg plants——

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