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

We needed that much time to discuss that section alone and probably could have done with more. We still have an entire rake of sections to discuss that deal with important matters, such as the change in mortgage interest supplement that could cause real problems for mortgage holders in distress and the changes to jobseeker's benefit which will see part-time workers losing €20 or €30 a week. These are very serious issues affecting groups in our society who are under serious pressure and no guillotine should be imposed by this Government. We object very strongly to it.

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