Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)

It is proposed to guillotine this short Finance Bill, which is virtually impossible to amend, even though it will probably not need any guillotine. Enough time has been made available to deal with this Bill in its entirety without a guillotine. The application of a guillotine as a kind of safeguard is certainly not what guillotines are intended for during the normal parliamentary process.

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