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

I am aware we are running out of time in this Dáil term but, given the seriousness of what has happened in the context of violence against women and the outcome of Natasha's case, we have to find time to debate this issue. Tomorrow, we have six and a half hours dedicated in the afternoon to various Bill. Tomorrow also, luckily for him more than luckily for us, the judge in the case will be retired, so the restraint to which the Taoiseach referred earlier should be lifted from him.

It is very frustrating not to be able to deal with issues and outcomes in the courts as serious as this one in the House. They are extraordinarily serious. It is not the first time that this justice was involved in a similar-----

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