Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael)

There are eight. That is totally unreasonable. Effectively, we are requesting the entire Cabinet to come to the House today to debate. There will be two or three days of debate on the Social Welfare Bill next week during which Members will have ample time to make many of the points they wish to raise and which were raised today. I ask Members to be reasonable, to confine their remarks and deal with these issues under the Social Welfare Bill, rather than disrupt the House. It is their right to amend the Order of Business and I do not suggest they should not do so. However, I ask for consideration, especially in regard to social welfare points-----