Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

-----and is now trying to present itself as being opposed to a proposition that it was actually going to agree to all along.

Regarding the Order of Business, we have not seen the full set of amendments for this Bill. We were told by the Bills Office that they would be available at 7 p.m yesterday but they have yet to be published. I would like to know why. Did the Government block the publication and circulation of those amendments in time for us to have the discussion? We should have this debate today. Those of us who tabled proper amendments in respect of rent certainty want to have them debated and voted upon. At that point, Fianna Fáil can put its money were its mouth is and support real rent certainty, rather than increasing the enormous financial pressure on hard-pressed renters.

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