Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

I agree with the interpretation of the Chair of what we agreed last Thursday and how that is being implemented. What can be seen here is classic politics, with Fine Gael's open defence of the vultures and Fianna Fáil's slightly less open approach, although it still attempts to be effective. There is an idea that we will just kick this into the long grass. Everybody knows where that goes. There is a clock ticking towards a general election happening. We know that even if we pass pre-legislative scrutiny, it is likely that the Government will refuse to give a money message, as it has just done for the Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018. We should meet on Thursday and agree a report on scrutiny at that stage.