Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I agree with what Deputy Connolly has just said. A number of Deputies have put that idea forward consistently. It is the simplest solution. It avoids all of these various pressure zones, the dividing line between a pressure zone and a non-pressure zone and so forth. It is a very simple way of dealing with a very difficult problem for people.

I wish to make a specific proposal now. At this stage it would be absolutely farcical for us to come to a conclusion on Committee Stage, considering the errors in the Bill that have been pointed out, not to mention the errors made in trying to correct the original errors. We are not due to resume the debate on this Bill until 2 p.m. tomorrow. Realistically, there is no way we are going to be able to deal with this legislation adequately, on behalf of the people out there who are in tenancies, if we wait until 2 p.m. tomorrow. Given the fact that the Chief Whip is in the House, I ask that we make arrangements to deal with this early in the morning rather than waiting until 2 p.m. Many Deputies have been in the Chamber for a long time and we want to get this sorted but we are now even more confused than we were an hour ago.

I suggest that we meet to discuss the Bill at 10 a.m. tomorrow.

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