Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There will be the use of the guillotine in one minute but I will not have my contribution guillotined. The Tánaiste yesterday gave a commitment to provide information for our spokesperson and the committee on the cost of restoring the respite care grant to its previous level, but she has not yet done so. She is forcing the issue to a vote today without the information requested at the committee meeting having been provided. At the weekend the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform spoke about having a general discussion and including the Opposition, but within 48 hours of making that statement he will guillotine the debate on the Revised Estimates which involve Government expenditure of €53 billion. I oppose the proposal.

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