Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)

It is not agreed. It had been proposed by Government that the debate on the Roads Bill would go on until 7 o'clock. They are now proposing that the debate should be cut short by two hours and that is not acceptable. In effect, that means that Second Stage will go on until 4 o'clock, then leaving only an hour for all the Subsequent Stages. Since there are 26 amendments tabled to that Bill, it is not possible to deal with those adequately in the space of an hour and we are objecting to that.

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