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

I think they know that by now but I appreciate the point. It is completely unacceptable to impose a guillotine on this Bill. The financial emergency measures are taken in the context of the current economic crisis that we are facing. We all agree that emergency measures are necessary but one must have time to debate them. People throughout the House will have ideas about what is in the Bill and what should be in the Bill. We want time to hear and consider the debate and to put forward amendments and suggestions for the type of financial emergency measures we need to deal with the current economic situation. I appeal to the Taoiseach to lift the guillotine and to allow for a proper debate and proper consideration of the Bill.

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