Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)

It is up to the Ceann Comhairle to protect the Members. If this happens, the Members of the Opposition are not being protected.

The amendment was passed yesterday in a very democratic way. What the Government is doing here is overturning democratic rights and being undemocratic. I ask the Ceann Comhairle to look deeply into what is happening because we are creating a very dangerous precedent by doing what we are doing here today.

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