Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)

On a point of order, we were circulated with the Order of Business by the Government before the Order of Business was taken. The order states: "(2) the resumed Report and Final Stages of No. 18 shall be taken today and the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 10.30 p.m. tonight by one Question which shall be put from the Chair and which shall, in relation to amendments, include only those set down or accepted by the Minister for Finance;". That is the order that was circulated to the House. When the Ceann Comhairle announced the order, because there was opposition to the guillotine I did not hear, and the House did not see, any change to the order presented to us by Government. From where did the other order come or how was it passed without anybody in the House knowing about it except perhaps the Government Whip? Why did the Government Whip not stay in the House-----

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