Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)

The Labour Party also objects to the guillotine on Second Stage and on the Committee and remaining Stages of this legislation. A large number of Deputies would like the opportunity to express their views on the withdrawal of medical cards from pensioners in the run up to Christmas, following the mean-spirited measure in the budget. We strongly object to the guillotine. We submitted amendments and objections to every section of the Bill and the Minister has put down amendments too. Adequate time will be required to discuss this. I agree with Deputy Bruton. Several hundred thousand pensioners would probably line up to pull the lever on that guillotine.

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