Seanad debates

Thursday, 4 July 2013

An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil): An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed): Second Stage (Resumed)

 

3:40 pm

Photo of Brian HayesBrian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In other words, that is an argument for changing the way in which we deal with legislation in the other House. In that regard, the Government has indicated its intention to introduce a new stage in the legislative debate process whereby Bills will be a subjected to an initial forensic scrutiny, after which there will be a cooling-off period during which the Government must respond to that initial debate before proceeding to Second Stage.

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