Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

It is not agreed. I already made the point on more than one occasion that we should not be in the business of guillotining legislation. Rushed law is bad law. There are a whole range of issues to be debated under the Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Bill. I am not happy that the Bill will be guillotined by vote at 1.30 p.m. It appears in recent weeks that, on the one hand, the Government wants to remain here until 11 p.m. to make some semblance of progress before there is a mass exodus next week to places all over the world to represent the country and on the other, it wants to bulldoze through this legislation. I object to that.

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