Seán Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)

Now that the decision has been taken to guillotine the Finance Bill, for such important legislation, will the Taoiseach consider taking all Stages in this Chamber? These Bills are being sent over to committees. I am on the Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service, and nobody knows what is going on. There is no coverage. Nobody sits in. With such an important Bill, this really makes a joke of democracy. I am asking in the interest of proper procedure that we debate all Stages of that Bill in the House.

Second, will we have a package of Dáil reform when we come back after Christmas?

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