Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

This is the Second Stage debate on the Water Services Bill and 17 hours have been provided for that. Yesterday, by way of example, the Social Welfare Bill to effect the budget changes such as increasing child benefit and the other changes that are providing additionality took place. I see some of the people who were here yesterday but at no stage were there more than five to eight people in the Chamber. Deputy Ó Snodaigh, Deputy O'Dea, Deputy Shortall, Deputy Daly, Deputy Wallace and a number of others were here.

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