Mary Henry (Independent)

I second the amendment to the Order of Business as proposed by Senator Norris to allow a short debate on No. 1. It is not clear whether Irish citizens no matter how young may also be deported on these flights.

I draw the Leader's attention to the very short notice we were given of the publication of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board Bill, which is to be debated here tomorrow. I am sure it is not the Leader's fault that we have had such short notice. It is extraordinary that this is coming up tomorrow whereas at the same time we have been waiting nine months for Committee Stage of the Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill. As Senators will remember we had the Second Stage debate in February. Even more interestingly we also had the Second Stage of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) Bill in February. A woman who might not have been a bit interested in it then might be very interested in it now. What has happened to these two very important Bills?