Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In opposing the section the Deputy misses the point; this is the section that will ensure public servants, pensioners and those in receipt of disability and jobseeker's allowance are paid. The Deputy has picked the wrong part of the Bill to oppose because while he can take comfort from the fact that he will be paid from the Central Fund in January, all of the people I have mentioned - vulnerable members of society - would not. We must pass legislation today. Opposing the section is pantomime politics.

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