Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)

The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government undertook to take Committee Stage of the Building Control Bill 2005 on 25 May next. However, my office has been informed that this tentative arrangement has been changed and that instead, the Minister intends to introduce the Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006, which has just been passed by the Seanad, in this House. Can the Taoiseach or the Chief Whip indicate why it is necessary to postpone Committee Stage of one Bill to take another Bill that has already been considered by the Seanad and, therefore, has been substantially debated? Will the Taoiseach indicate specifically when the Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 will be brought to this House? What are the arrangements for referring the Building Control Bill 2005 to the select committee again?

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