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Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I move: "That the question on amendment No. 1 to amendment No. 22 be now put."

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: No, but-----

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: Hear, hear.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: On a point of order-----

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: The Deputies seem to have fulfilled the requirements of Standing Order 8 in that we have had a widespread debate. People have come back, we have had questions and have heard extensively from the Minister. Therefore, I ask that the question be put.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: On a point of order.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: It is now 8.30 p.m. and the Acting Chair indicated earlier that he would now consult the Ceann Comhairle or the Leas-Cheann Comhairle about my proposal to move for closure of the debate under Standing Order 68. I ask the Acting Chair to do that.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: The Acting Chair did say that he would-----

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I spoke on this last week and said what I wanted to say.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I thank the Acting Chair.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: On a point of order, under Standing Order 68, I moved about 45 minutes ago that the question on this amendment be put and that we would have closure. As the Leas-Cheann Comhairle knows, I think he was here, we are going into something like our 15th or 16th hour. It is one of the longest debates ever - even counting Finance Bills, etc. We have had endless discussion of this amendment, all...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: -----that we should have dealt with.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: It is time to bring this circus to an end.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: But-----

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: The rules state that a Chair of a committee of this House can in actual fact allow a closure debate to take place.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: We are debating Report Stage which is effectively a committee.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: Under Standing Order 68, I move that the question on amendment No. 22 be now put based on the fact that we have endlessly discussed the substance of this amendment and every other one since 24 April. We are celebrating the two-month anniversary of discussing this. We have spent something like 14 or 15 hours doing so. This legislation is being treated like no other legislation. Between 24...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I ask that the Ceann Comhairle or Leas-Cheann Comhairle be sent for.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: In Standing Orders relative to Public Business of this House, the position on a Member proposing a closure seems quite clear. I am proposing the closure of this part of the debate. There is another amendment, amendment No. 29, in respect of which all of these issues will come up again and all Deputies will have an opportunity to speak again. Given that we have endlessly discussed the...

Pre-European Council: Statements (27 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I am delighted to have a brief opportunity to contribute to the debate. The next meeting of the European Council will take place in Brussels tomorrow and Friday, where there will be discussions on migration, including reform of the Common European Asylum System, CEAS, the economy and multi-annual financial framework, PESCO and co-operation with NATO, and, most important for us, Brexit. On...