Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

The Sinn Féin Deputies support the proposition that the Dáil returns on Tuesday as normal to engage in its business. It is important given all the serious matters that have presented and are in the offing, in particular, this morning's announcement of the threatened loss of a significant number of jobs in Quinn Insurance.

It is incredible that the House would vote itself a day in lieu of a bank holiday Monday. It is as if we only worked for three days and we should get a day off because Monday is a closed day. We work every day of the week and with Monday as the bank holiday we should be back as normal on Tuesday as there are serious matters that need to be addressed. It is imperative the Dáil should start on Tuesday as normal.

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