Brian Ó Domhnaill (Fianna Fail)

We will accept the Leader's proposals, if they are acceptable to the Government side, that every amendment in this Bill would be debated in its entirety, that every Member of Seanad Éireann would be allowed speak on the issue if they so wish, that the Bill will not be guillotined in this House, and that democracy will not be stifled here this week as it was last week. That may not be relevant to the section but it is important to point it out at this stage.

It alarms me that when one rings the Office of the Government Chief Whip one finds out the Bill is scheduled on the Order Paper for Dáil Éireann for Second Stage next Tuesday. That is assuming the Bill goes through the Seanad this week.