Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 1:

In page 3, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following:“(3) The Minister shall, within 12 days of the passing of this Act, publish a report providing a breakdown of savings in 2014 arising from the Haddington Road agreement, on a vote by vote basis.”.

For the record, I have submitted five substantial amendments on the appropriation accounts. I know we will not have time to discuss them all here as we have only 20 minutes to deal with them. While this Bill might be considered a piece of housekeeping and a rubber stamp job, I take all legislation going through the House far more seriously than a rubber stamp. If legislation is to be a rubber stamp exercise, I will not be part of it. That is why we have this debate. Our Whip sought a debate on this because we felt it necessary to have a debate on the appropriation accounts, which normally slide through on the last day of the session.

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