Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Can I ask the Tánaiste if the decision taken by the Government on Monday is final. If, as we expect, the vote passes in the House this evening, will that be final? Does the Tánaiste have any additional powers, outside of the Constitution, that will allow her to block decisions that are already taken at Cabinet and in this House? If so, perhaps she will communicate them to the House because the president of SIPTU, a member of the Labour Party national executive, believes that she has.

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