Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)

Ní ghlacfaidh mise barraíocht ama mar tá cuid mhór ráite ag mo chomhghleacaithe, na Teachtaí Arthur Morgan agus Martin Ferris, cheana féin.

I support this amendment. The spirit of the amendment is to protect those already in existing contracts. It has been spelled out that many of that 52,000 would not be able to avail of that protection even if the amendment was accepted. While Sinn Féin opposes section 13 in its entirety, we recognise, given what has been said here today by the likes of Deputy Paul Gogarty, that regardless of what such Members believe or how morally corrupt this measure is, they will still vote with the Government and vote this through.

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