Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

The social welfare Bill is planned for Wednesday at 6.30 p.m. and to go through on Thursday. This is the reason we are providing for special opportunities to take time to go through the legislation. In normal circumstances, the finance Bill comes in at the end of January. The Department of Finance is working on the Bill at present. It is more than likely that it will be some weeks earlier but the date has not been decided as of yet.

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