John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

For the information of the committee, we are due to report back to the Dáil before 25 September. I remind members that these motions have been referred to us and are joined as a single motion and are not separate ones. The committee was instructed to consider the motion so the message that must go back to the House from the committee is predetermined and states we have considered the motion. That is one of the farces, in terms of the operation of this House. I am afraid that is the way it is and I cannot change the situation.