Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

It is not agreed. This schedule brings to 17 the number of items guillotined or taken without debate, which is hard to justify. We are providing for a late sitting despite the House deciding to rise as early as 1 July. Can I remind the Ceann Comhairle that this is the fourth revised schedule of business this week? The Government now proposes on Friday to introduce a Bill and take all Stages. This is the fourth time the Government has put through all Stages of a Bill in a single sitting without notice to the Opposition. For those reasons, I cannot see how it is acceptable for the Taoiseach to cause the House to rise so early and, at the same time, introduce an Order of Business that requires us to sit until 10 p.m.

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