Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

This is not an emergency Bill under our constitutional system. It is a Bill of the Oireachtas. An earlier signature motion will be tabled in the Seanad and the President will be invited to consider whether she should sign the Bill at an earlier stage. It is not an emergency Bill. It is a Bill of the Oireachtas like any other.

The Government took great care in preparing what is before the House today. It had to. There was a very definite lacuna and we are satisfied——

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