Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)

We must have the nuts and bolts of democracy working as required. That means we should have the Bill on Committee Stage. In this instance, we did not. We did not have the full Title of the Bill. Report Stage will even include an amendment to the Title of the Bill. It is a clumsy, inadequate and undemocratic approach to preparing and making legislation, which is our primary duty, and because the Government has failed to live up to its responsibility, we must oppose this.

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