Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)

-----but at least they had a proper public consultation and the right to have a say on what is by any standard a serious measure. The Taoiseach will not give us a referendum. He will not even allow a proper debate in the Dáil on such a serious measure. I appeal to him to allow for proper debate on what is a very serious attack on the rights and entitlements of working people.

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