Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The Dáil has descended into farce on a number of occasions in recent weeks. The Government is incapable of moving its own legislation through Report Stage and the "dog's dinner", to borrow a phrase from the Attorney General, that was the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill has become even worse. Deputies who oppose a different Bill are speaking at length on it to use up time and that tactic is disrupting the flow of business in this House. The Government has proposed sitting until midnight next Tuesday and Wednesday to take both the Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill and the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill.

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