Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)

In respect of the time allocation for the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) Bill 2007, given that this is a short Bill, the House needs more time to debate Committee Stage than to debate Second Stage. The structure of the Second Stage debate does not facilitate discussion of conflicting opinions as to the constitutionality or otherwise of the legislation. I suspect Opposition Deputies will simply repeat each other and the Minister will respond only once. I propose, therefore, that debate on Committee Stage will commence at 1 p.m. rather than 2.30 p.m. because the meat of the Bill is in Committee Stage and serious concerns arise about its constitutionality.

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