Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

On behalf of the Sinn Féin Deputies, I also object to the ordering of this legislation to be taken without debate. In the context of all we have had to face last week and this week in this House, one would need to think very carefully about a Bill entitled "Appropriation". That is exactly what the Government is doing from the poorest and least well off in our society today. This proposition like all the rest on the Order Paper should be vehemently opposed by all Members of the Opposition in this House.

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