Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I want to inform the Ceann Comhairle of something. On 17 May 1995, in a debate in this House on the Finance Bill, the then Opposition Member, Deputy McDowell, said the following regarding amendments.

They are not agreeable to me or my party in their present form because very important amendments have not yet been circulated to Members of the House. I ask the Chair to vindicate the rights of Members of this House. It is not proper that serious and fundamental measures are being withheld in the context of a guillotined debate.

Need I say more? The Garda Síochána Bill 2004 is even more important.

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