Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)

I accept the Government Whip's office is not to blame in this matter. The Government Whip has been in communication with the Opposition Whips all day. However, I have been in the House a long time and I have been a Whip for a long time, but I have never witnessed the sort of chaos we saw today. This is a most serious issue. We have often warned of the dangers of rushed legislation——

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