Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

There are 92 pages in the Bill and now facsimile machines are beginning to spurt white pages in no order, one here, one there, and the large amendments the Minister announced on radio have not yet been published. We are being asked to debate Report and Final Stages of this Bill without even having seen the amendments. This is the way the man who so often lectured us is treating this House and legislation on such an important matter.

Why does the Taoiseach propose that this House should adjourn on 1 July? This is unprecedented in my memory. We would have plenty of time then to give this serious Bill the attention Mr. Justice Morris said it requires. What possible excuse is there for adjourning this House on 1 July, except that the Taoiseach and his Government want to escape this Chamber?

I want to ask two questions of which I have given the Taoiseach prior notice. Did the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform seek the removal of the Garda Commissioner following the second Morris report?

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