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- Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Jul 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I will be sharing time with the Tánaiste. I am pleased to address the House on the Health (Amendment) (No 2) Bill 2021, which provides for the reopening of indoor hospitality under certain conditions and makes minor amendments to mandatory hotel quarantine. The Bill will give effect to the Government's decision to enable access to...
- Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Jul 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: It is not the way that any of us would like to conduct business.
- Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Jul 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: It is solely in response to a rapidly moving variant that we have to bring in measures to keep people safe.
- Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I request the Ceann Comhairle to direct the Clerk, in accordance with Standing Order 196, to make the following minor correction to the text of the Bill: On page 18, line 43, replace the words "Companies Acts" with "Companies Act 2014".
- Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I cannot really respond in less than 60 seconds. There has been a lot of very legitimate debate-----
- Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I have taken notes on what everyone has said but I cannot respond in less than 60 seconds.
- Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Jul 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I thank colleagues for their contributions today. It is clear the matters provided for in the Bill are of great interest to Members across the House. Many issues have been raised during the debate with a range of views and insights shared. There are Members of the House who believe restrictions should be relaxed more quickly and that we should open up more quickly. There are those who...
- Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I genuinely wanted to respond to Deputy Boyd Barrett in particular because these are his amendments, which were very legitimately tabled. It is my hope that this will be a non-issue before the first period of three months is up. I would genuinely like to engage with Deputy Boyd Barrett on the debate because the position he has outlined is a legitimate one. I take a different position but...