Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)

This is not the first time we have been asked to contemplate rushed legislation. However, it stands out given the large amount of comment and objections raised by people who because of their qualifications ought to be heeded. Apparently, the Tánaiste thinks he knows better than all of them.

Barristers, the Human Rights Commission, the ICCL and a range of groups specialising in this which spend a lot more time on it than any of us advise against this Bill and the way it is pushed without receiving sufficient scrutiny. Why are other parties, not only the Tánaiste, happy to see it get the nod?

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