Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

I am a bit surprised to hear that people may vote against this amendment because it has not been scrutinised enough. I stayed for this because it is a big issue. I should probably have tabled an amendment. We have drafted a Bill on this issue that we would like to table. The word will go out from this Chamber that this issue was debated and voted down. I do not believe that workers will be standing on parliamentary cretinism or ceremony. The Minister obviously has an interest in eradicating this practice. We should vote for this amendment. It can be worked on and amended. I am surprised that reason might be used. We have all used these Bills to table amendments, but it would be wrong if it was voted against due to a lack of scrutiny.

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