Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Can I raise an objection to the Rugby World Cup Bill going through the House in the fashion that it is proposed? There has been no prelegislative scrutiny of it. We have nothing but the scantiest details about it. We are being asked to commit €320 million of public money. We have not seen anyone from the Irish Rugby Football Union, IRFU, present to a committee, which it could easily have done to answer questions about it. To push that Bill through this House and conclude Second Stage of it within 120 minutes and Committee Stage of it within 120 minutes is wrong. We could defer putting this Bill through until next week. We do not have to agree it this week. We should not commit €320 million of public money without any proper analysis as to where it is going, what the risks are and what are the potential benefits.

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