Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will conclude, and I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for his forbearance, but this Bill is only fit for the bin or the shredder because it is ten years too late. It is inadequate, inept, feeble and an insult to the people who are suffering and cannot pay their way. They want to pay but they need more time, leniency and support. They do not want their debts denied. They want some understanding so that they can deal with them. Why should all the big people get preferential treatment and the ordinary people be trampled on?

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