Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I do not want to cause a row. At the Whips' meeting last week all of the Opposition Whips requested that the Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill dealing with the issue of risk equalisation be debated all day in the House today and tomorrow. However, because of the level of interest in the Credit Union Bill, it was decided to include the Bill in the agenda for today. Members may sit an hour longer tonight if they want to, or perhaps they might prefer to have a discussion with the Whips after the Order of Business. The Credit Union Bill must pass through by Christmas. There is a lot of backed-up material that has to pass through the House. The Bills must also pass through the Seanad. I do not wish to guillotine the debate, as Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett consistently suggests.

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