Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is the obvious implication of what is to happen tomorrow. Given that the measures will not take effect until January, there is no imperative for us to proceed as proposed tomorrow. The Government wants to ram this through as quickly as possible to shut down dissent and stop the negative publicity that may arise from the Bill in the hope that people will forget about it in due course.

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