Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael)

It is becoming a regular occurrence that we take Committee and Remaining Stages. I do not consider it in order to take Remaining Stages when Bills such as this are presented to the House. I am making this point in specific reference to the Labour Party's proposed amendments, however it regularly arises that the Order Paper provides for us to take Committee and Remaining Stages. This practice has been recently introduced. We usually have Committee Stage followed by Report Stage at another time.