Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)

On a point of order, I requested at Whips meetings on numerous occasions, as did Deputy Stagg, that Committee Stage of the NAMA legislation would be taken in the Dáil Chamber. Our request was rejected. Members of my party, and my party leader, asked me to make this request because numerous members of the party who would have very good contributions to make wished to participate on Committee Stage. We warned the Chief Whip that there would be a space problem if Committee Stage was taken in the dungeons of LH2000. The committee room there holds only 15 or 20 Members. That is totally unsatisfactory. The Government should revisit this issue as soon as possible.

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