Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Anti-Austerity Alliance) | Oireachtas source

We will not oppose this amendment, which represents an improvement. I thank the Minister of State for taking the points on board. However, we fundamentally believe it would be better if it was necessary to have a vote beforehand to give the Dáil a say in this rather than having a retrospective look at it. I just wanted to register the point.

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