Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)

There is no attack on any self-employed group of people. We are looking for fairness and the way in which the Deputy is protesting suggests that he realises that the current system is not fair. This will be done objectively and the conclusions will be published so that we can debate them in this House. The Deputy can then decide whether it is fair or an attack on rural Ireland.

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