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

I also object strongly to the proposal. We have spent days, sometimes two weeks, debating Bills that had less significance than the Social Welfare Bill, which contains measures that will seriously hurt some of the most vulnerable sectors in society. It is outrageous in that context that the Bill should be rammed through in such a short period.

The Tánaiste has rightly backed off on the scandalous move to take away disability allowances from young people-----

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