Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)

I want to endorse the position put by Deputy Catherine Murphy earlier when seeking the Adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 as well as the position outlined by Deputy Martin. Sinn Féin has made some suggestions in this regard, including what I thought was quite a useful notion from one of our Members, namely, that unemployed people here who have expertise, such as civil engineers and so on, could usefully be deployed there. We stand by to support the Government in whatever constructive, positive contribution we can make to deal with these citizens' plight.

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