Green ‘mix-up’ over bill vote

IT INITIALLY looked like the first internal rebellion of this Government but it turned out last night to be a bad mix-up involving the two Green senators.

The controversial bill that contained a provision designed to allow former minister Michael Woods collect €75,000 in pension back-payments was debated in the Seanad yesterday.

Green Party chairperson, Sen Dan Boyle was highly critical of the provision, arguing that it should not have been included in the Markets in Financial Instruments and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2007.