Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I understand that seven and a half hours have been set aside for debate tonight. That is a large block of time and I hope that will be sufficient for us to pass the legislation through the Dáil today. I encourage any Deputies making contributions on this legislation to be pithy and to not repeat arguments they have already made. That is unnecessary and only causes us to take more time than needed. It is fair to say there was a time when things were different, when we had majority Governments and the Government controlled the House. When that was the case, perhaps we stifled debate too quickly and used the guillotine too frequently.

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