Brian Stanley (Laois, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will press amendment No. 7. If we pass the Bill as it is, then we are leaving an open-ended process around ComReg coming back and assessing the information after four weeks of public consultation. I do not believe this is acceptable. We need to start putting deadlines on issues. How long does it take to make up one's mind on something? We in this House have made up our minds with big decisions.

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We made a decision to bail out the banks with €68 billion in a matter of a couple of hours in the House one night. Workers can see the effect when they look into their pay packets on a Friday night because their pay slips show the deductions covering the cost of that.

This is a modest and sensible proposal. I will be pressing this amendment and amendment No. 9.

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