The following motion was moved by the Minister for Social Protection on Tuesday, 11 December 2012: That the Bill be now read a Second Time.Debate resumed on the following amendment:To delete all words after "That" and substitute the following:"Dáil Éireann declines to give a Second Reading to the Social Welfare Bill 2012 because it unfairly places the burden of recovery on children, carers and the low paid and having regard to the failure of the Government to consider taxing high earners and wealth instead." -(Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh).

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