Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)

I want to raise the time issue with the Minister. The way the Government is handling this is unfair. It is not allowing proper debate among all of the Members who wish to contribute. We very much welcome measures in the Bill to help eliminate fraud, as would every right thinking person. I stand fully behind that. I also compliment the officials in the Department who did a lot of work but the time element is the issue. To come into the House with 23 pages of amendments is unfair and wrong.

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