Seanad debates
Friday, 2 June 2006
Business of Seanad.
6:00 pm
Brian Hayes (Fine Gael)
I raised this matter on the Order of Business and I appreciate the Leader's intervention. I was adamant that a guillotine should not be applied today, that every Senator should have an opportunity to speak and that all the amendments would be dealt with. We are making progress and have almost completed our deliberations on amendment No. 2. There are eight amendments in total.
It is important, and the Minister of State has already made this point, that the House should debate the amendments so that if, at some stage in the future, the Supreme Court or High Court wants to establish what the House meant, the debate itself can be consulted. Members of the other House did not have the opportunity to have a full debate today. I do not think these proceedings will go on until 10 p.m. but at least another hour is needed.
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