Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)

-----a way to get over the Abbeylara problem. He has provided an elegant solution to the problem, which will withstand legal challenge. If it does not withstand legal challenge, we need a referendum on this issue because, for the sake of all the people who are now unemployed, those whose incomes have been reduced or halved and social welfare recipients, we must restore to this country the power of parliamentary inquiry in a genuine way.

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