Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)

I oppose the guillotining of the debate on the Social Welfare Bill.

This time last year, as the Minister for Finance, Deputy Lenihan, unveiled his budget, screams of anguish reverberated through the corridors of Leinster House. The Labour Party's finance spokesman Deputy Burton was feeling the pain of the poor, the lone parents and, especially, the women of Ireland.

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