Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail)

Ba mhaith liom mo thacaíocht a thabhairt don Tánaiste, don Aire gnóthaí eachtracha agus Aire Cosanta, an Teachta Simon Harris, inniu. Ba mhaith liom vótáil ar son agus tacú le rún an Rialtais.

There is a bit of a misnomer going around that the Government has manufactured this debate today. In fact, this has been standard practice for quite some time that the Government would table motions of confidence in itself. There are at least five examples when Labour was in government when motions such as this were put forward and the Labour Party supported them, including by then Minister, Brendan Howlin and others in the party. This is standard practice when a motion of no confidence is put forward in a Minister or Government. It should be the practice because-----

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