Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

I want to raise the same issue. This Bill did not get beyond the Minister's speech on Second Stage. The Taoiseach has promised on a number of occasions that we would deal with this. If we could finish Second Stage, we could take Committee Stage of the Bill in July. The matter is extremely urgent for all the reasons the Taoiseach knows. That would require the Taoiseach to provide time next Friday or the following Friday in order to allow Deputies on this side of the House to speak on the Bill and to let the Bill reach Committee Stage in July and early September.

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