James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)

Without mincing words, this Bill is a joke. Like a rogue elephant trampling all before it, the Government will force the legislation's passage through sheer weight of numbers, regardless of the legal and democratic rights of our citizens. I am stunned that the Minister, despite all the advice available to him, has stood over a Bill that is constitutionally unsound.

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