Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

To add to what Deputy Stagg said, a recent guillotine proposed to the debate on legislation that we opposed on the Order of Business proved unnecessary, as the record will show the debate on that legislation concluded well before the time proposed in the Order of Business for the application of a guillotine. What is proposed regarding this legislation is another such example. It is foolhardy that guillotining the debate on legislation would become almost the norm. That should not be the case. The time allocated for legislation to be debated should accommodate the natural debate on it and allowing Members the opportunity to participate in it. In the case of this legislation, as in other instances, it will be shown that the time allocated is often adequate to deal with it.

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