Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

Each of us recognises that much irrelevant material, to put it mildly, is raised on Second Stage. By giving advance notice to Members, they would be able to prepare their contributions properly and improve the quality of Second Stage speeches.

I also propose that the Chief Whip publish every month an updated version of the promised A list legislation, which would allow Members to monitor progress on the Government's legislative programme on a more frequent basis.

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