Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I ask the Minister to give careful consideration not just to the common sense put forward in the reasonable proposals put forward by Sinn Féin here, but also the gender and equality issues which he must consider. I ask him to ask his colleagues in Government to re-evaluate this and assure us that he is not going to give some kind of a blanket long term provision of the 9% rate.