Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

Why is the vote postponed until Tuesday? It is because tomorrow is a charade whereby the Government can disappear for the day but then pretend that it is not repeating the disastrous handling of the first water charges legislation.

This morning the Labour Party is teetering over the precipice of annihilation but it is still not prepared to listen to what the people are saying. Its members are full of self-delusion but I can assure them they are not fooling the people outside this House.

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