Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)

It is not agreed. The agreement reached among the Whips was that the motion would be taken without debate. It is scandalous that the Government is once again prepared to accommodate Deputy Michael Lowry for a further 30 minutes. The Deputy has been facilitated twice and has had an hour and a half at his disposal to put his position on the record. The House has heard that position, but clearly does not share that view. The motion will be taken without debate and it would be quite outrageous and unacceptable yet again to give 30 minutes to Deputy Lowry, so we object to this.

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