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Seanad: Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020: Motion (3 Nov 2021): Barry Ward: ...a Friday night to be in place for the weekend, but I do not believe it has ever been used - perhaps for that reason. The Minister might be able to confirm that. It is a horrible political cliché that we are where we are, but that is the reality of the situation. We had all hoped to be further along the road than we are now, but we are not there. I acknowledge that in those...

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