Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It has more of the absurdity of a Samuel Beckett play than anything else. It is "Waiting for Godot" and we are all taking the same positions in part two. We had exactly the same debate on 23 May on a motion tabled by more or less the same people. On that occasion there was an amendment tabled by Fianna Fáil and in this case there is an amendment tabled by the Government. Everyone is taking exactly the same position, apart from Fianna Fáil which has moved a little in its place on the stage. It is a total waste of time. We were elected to conduct business, but we do not even have an audience. The media are not even present to listen to what we have to say because we are all saying the same thing as we said on 23 May.

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