Sean Barrett (Independent) | Oireachtas source

In view of the Government's proposal to reform the Dáil - which we are supposed to be obstructing in this House, which is the reason it has to be abolished - I draw the attention of the House to a message that arrived this morning at 10.13 a.m. inviting Deputies who wish to make amendments on Report Stage of the Taxi Regulation Bill to submit them by 11 a.m., as the debate is taking place next week. Deputies were given 47 minutes to amend a Bill that we in this House know was highly flawed from beginning to end. It started off in 2012. The Government not only holds the Seanad in disdain but gives Deputies little more than half an hour to submit their amendments. I ask the Acting Leader to seek, as part of Dáil reform, that this does not happen this morning and that Deputies get an extended time to submit amendments.