Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Some of the opposition to the proposed reforms by some of the Opposition members is a knee-jerk reaction. I take as an example the contribution from Deputy Clare Daly, to which I listened in my office. Her response was very much based on the premise that if the Government is for it and the unions are against it, then she should oppose it. On the Sinn Féin position, it was my impression that the party was not opposed in principle to the reforms until very recently.

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