Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)

It is not agreed, Sir. Members will recall that a last minute brokered position was achieved when the Tánaiste offered not to guillotine all Stages of the Criminal Justice Bill at the last sitting before the Easter recess. There are now 171 amendments, some of which are new and many of them from the Tánaiste. We have very tight time and have acted very responsibly on this. There has been significant disquiet outside this House about the way this House has dealt with this matter. The views of important and statutory entitled bodies have not been entertained in this debate. I ask that the guillotine not be pressed. We will do our best to proceed, as we have done on Committee Stage, to have all matters concluded within the time allowed.

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