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Sat 01 Jan 2010Call for free vote on hunting Bill in Dáil rejected
MINISTER of State Martin Mansergh has dismissed calls by some of his fellow Fianna Fáil TDs for a free vote in the Dáil on the Bill to ban stag-hunting. “There is no tradition of free votes in the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party,” he said.
The TD for Tipperary South and Minister of State for Finance, added that Fianna Fáil had “signed up” for the measure, which the Green Party had insisted be included in the renewed programme for government, and “we don’t have any choice”.
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