Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We all know that when it comes to other matters this institution can sit late into the small hours. Why not on this matter? Why not give the striking workers the certainty of knowing that the law will protect them, that Dunnes Stores can no longer act with impunity and can no longer snub its nose at workers like Mary, and her family, who, as I have told the Tánaiste, struggle from week to week to feed their child?

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