Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)

On Report Stage of the Bill in this House, we got through only a small number of the more than 200 amendments. In other words, we did not have an opportunity to debate the proposals sufficiently, and today's Order of Business ensures that we will not have time to debate the Seanad amendments adequately. Given that €54 billion of taxpayers' money is involved, it is critical that this House should have an opportunity adequately to scrutinise, debate and, above all, amend the legislation. We will all have to live with the consequences of these measures for a long time.

Will the Leas-Cheann Comhairle confirm that we will now proceed to deal with the detail of the amendments?

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