Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I confirm I am in the Leinster House complex.

I agree with many of the points made by Deputy O'Donoghue. There is a draft Bill on this. We were given glimpses of it yesterday at our meeting but we were not given a copy of it. We could be carrying out pre-legislative scrutiny this week. All of us are available and fully committed to the committee's work. We could be concluding that work this week to ensure there are not any significant delays. That would give plenty of time for the legislation to go through both Houses.

I am fine with the compromise put forward by Deputy Ó Broin in terms of section 2 being removed and the rest proceeding. I have an issue, however, with the amount of time scheduled for this in the Dáil next week. It is 90 minutes for Second Stage and 90 minutes for amendments and all other Stages. We know from the rushing through of previous legislation that, in 90 minutes, we are likely to only get to three amendments with the majority tabled not even discussed at all. This is not the way to do legislation. We are not getting to do pre-legislative scrutiny and are getting only the shortest possible time slot in the Dáil for this Bill. That is not something with which I am comfortable or am willing to stand over.