Denis O'Donovan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I resent this tit-for-tat approach and reject it. We have now spent three hours on the amendment. At this rate, given that there are 86 amendments, it will take 22 12-hour days to cover the Bill. Be reasonable. Everybody wants to come back in and repeat. I listened to an hour and a half of this before I took a break. Many of the points were made - very well - and rebutted before being made again and rebutted again. I reject the idea that if one Senator says something, another must object. We are going around in circles. There are seven more speakers and at some stage I must put the question.