Richard O'Donoghue (Limerick County, Independent Ireland Party) | Oireachtas source

I have been in business all my life - over 30 years self-employed. We might look at all the SMEs in this country. We are breaking in my business on Friday. We are back on 6 January. Most businesses around this country are working. What is wrong with this Chamber coming back to work? This is the division between real workers and real business and this Chamber. The Government is afraid to come back to work early. Why not come back on 15 January and get the work done? Everyone else in this country is going to be working. Why can we not have this House working? That is what I stand for - the working class people in this country. There is no reward for anyone in this country who works, but all the rewards are coming back into this Chamber where the Government wants to take a break until 22 January. I have no problem coming back in on 15 January because I will be back to work myself on 6 January.

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