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Thu 11 Nov 2008Fianna Fáil defection as McDaid abstains on vaccination vote
THE GOVERNMENT suffered another blow to its authority last night with the defection of a second Fianna Fáil TD on a Budget-related issue.
Donegal Fianna Fáil TD and former Cabinet minister Dr Jim McDaid defied his party whip and abstained on a Fine Gael motion calling for the Government to reverse its decision to postpone a cervical cancer vaccination programme for young women.
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