Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)

Thousands of people are attending meetings throughout the country about this. People are in dread that their livelihoods are being taken away but the Ceann Comhairle is trying to rule me out of order, which is very unfair. I call on the Taoiseach to request that the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government should attend the House and explain the legislation and what he is going to do before the summer.

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