Séamus Healy (Tipperary, Workers and Unemployed Action Group) | Oireachtas source

Surely the Minister is not telling us that the Government will extend this emergency legislation - this draconian, anti-trade union legislation - that introduced swingeing cuts to pay, pensions and conditions of employment of public servants without a debate in this House.

I thought we were supposed to have new politics in this Chamber. This is old politics. This is the Government bulldozing through legislation without any opportunity to discuss or vote on it.

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