Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I rise to support my colleagues regarding section 39 and section 56 workers. Everyone in this House knows the impact this will have on services. All of us have received correspondence from parents, families and service users who are extremely anxious about it. Because next week is budget week, we will not get the opportunity to debate this. Could we have an emergency meeting of the Business Committee later today to see if we can facilitate a debate at some stage this week on this issue, because it is important? All of us in the House agree that it needs to be debated and addressed, particularly in advance of the budget. If the Chief Whip and the Ceann Comhairle's office could facilitate that, we could find a resolution.

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