Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is not agreed. The reply we got to our opposition to proposal No. 1 was not satisfactory. The Taoiseach needs to direct the answers to the questions asked. We have seen the inadequacy and the appalling manner in which the Social Welfare Bill is being rammed through the House to suppress dissent, maintain cohesion within Government ranks and facilitate Government Deputies in order that they can go home at the weekend with the Social Welfare Bill having been put through the House. I have offered the Taoiseach the suggestion that our Whip, along with the other Whips, would be willing to meet and, if necessary, put aside some items for today and tomorrow to give more time to the Social Welfare Bill. It is absolutely farcical by any yardstick to provide eight minutes per amendment.

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