Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)

The finance Bill is being published today. What is the precise timetable for the Bill?

Would it not be appropriate to table an amendment to the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011 to deal with the issue the Taoiseach addressed earlier, namely, the contempt shown to workers by the likes of the Vita Cortex and La Senza bosses? Apart from the contempt and disgraceful abuse of workers, does the Taoiseach not find it humiliating that the political establishment at the very top in this country is forced to humiliate itself, begging these people to do something when they should be compelled to do it by law or face the consequences?

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