Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

The European Stability Mechanism Bill is not being put through the House in one day. The European Stability Mechanism is due to take effect from 1 July. This means the Bill must be enacted by that date. For it to be enacted by that date, it must be debated in this House on Second Stage. On Committee Stage the Deputy will have ample opportunity to examine the legislation in detail and propose amendments, if he wishes. The Bill will be returned to the Chamber for Report Stage, on which the Deputy may again propose amendments. Following this, the Bill will proceed to the Seanad where the same process will take place. If the Seanad makes amendments, the Bill will be returned to this House. Therefore, there will be plenty of debate on the European Stability Mechanism.

If the Deputies had read the Order Paper and noted the Order of Business for today, they would have noted it was intended-----

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