Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Everybody would welcome the opportunity to have the Minister, Deputy Foley, and, it is to be hoped, the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, in the House tomorrow. The length of time being given to debate on one of the most pressing issues in the country and that being given to debate the vaccine is not sufficient. Some six hours had been dedicated to Brexit this week. I understand that has now been reduced to five. It needs to be reduced further so that we can debate the things that matter most to the people in this country, including educational access for children with special needs. We also need to end the scapegoating of special needs assistants, SNAs, teachers and management and to put clearly on the table what it is the Minister intends to do. We need more time to discuss both this matter and the roll-out of the vaccine programme. We object to the Order of Business.

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