Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

We can only speak on the section because amendments have been ruled out of order. It should be noted, although I know there are reasons we are having to short-circuit the normal legislative process on this Bill, that there was no pre-legislative scrutiny and Committee and remaining Stages are being rolled into one. It is a bit unfortunate for me and other Deputies whose amendments were ruled out of order. If there was another debate scheduled, we could have refined those amendments and resubmitted them on the next Stage. Debate on what I consider to be a pretty important issue has been truncated and we are left only with a brief opportunity to talk about what is in the Bill. Section 1 is the substantial section of the Bill, which extends the loan capacity of the Irish Film Board from its current ceiling of €300 million to €500 million, a considerable sum.

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