Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

I know that it was raised that it was going to go through without debate. We challenged this before Easter. If a debate is to be scheduled, there should at least be time for a serious debate. For example, Fine Gael is to have five minutes. I am sure there are many views on the issue in Fine Gael; similarly in our group or Fianna Fáil. Having five minutes each is a bit of an insult. Church-State issues have dominated debate in the country for the last two weeks. We should also have a debate on the National Maternity Hospital today, rather than Deputies only having an opportunity to raise it during Leaders' Questions. The Minister for Health should be here to report on what he is going to do about the issue and also about the recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly.

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