Eamonn Coghlan (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister to the House. It is probably not best to speak last because everything that has been said were words I was going to utter. This is like déja vu because on 26 May last, we had a similar debate on this motion. I am somewhat confused because I cannot understand how the motion is reappearing, particularly at a time when the National Lottery Bill 2012 is being debated in the Dáil. In a few weeks, when the Dáil has finished debating all Stages, it will be sent to the Seanad for the Second, Committee, Report and Final Stages. It will have been debated in this House at least six times. In view of the fact that the national lottery is the subject of new legislation being debated in both Houses, perhaps it would be wise of Senator O'Donnell to wait until the Bill reaches the Seanad and speak to the legislation at that stage.