Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

He also spoke about the amendment to his motion. The Cabinet meeting broke up at 1.45 p.m. and the amendment was printed after that. These motions go the Cabinet table, the relevant Minister puts forward his amendment and it is discussed. The Senator wondered why it took so long as he had his motion in since Thursday, for which I thank him, but we cannot put forward an amendment ourselves. It has to be put forward by the Cabinet.