Joe O'Toole (Independent)

I am taken with the reasonable nature of what Senator Mansergh has said. Would that it were so. I thought it entirely reasonable that, to help the House, I produced a series of amendments which I saw as crucially important, given that they flowed from the view of the most important officer in this part of the work of the State. I thought they would raise reasonable issues which it would be helpful to discuss and I thought it unreasonable that I did not get to do that. Decisions have been taken that make it impossible for me to do my work as I see it and this is utterly unreasonable.

I wish we could have a reasonable approach. Perhaps the Acting Chairman will tell me if he is prepared to intervene with the Cathaoirleach in order that my amendments may be taken tomorrow. It is not an unreasonable—