Seán Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)

I appeal to the Taoiseach on a serious issue. If one looks at the proposed Order of Business for tomorrow, from after the Order of Business until 7 p.m. there is the Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009 - Second Stage. Is it reasonable that we spend nearly seven hours dealing with Second Stage of the Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill and allow 80 minutes to deal with climate change?

This debate was supposed to take place after the Order of Business but was changed because of the publication of the Murphy report. I have no difficulty with that because of the seriousness of that report but I would ask that we also treat this debate with some seriousness.

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