Seanad debates

Thursday, 5 July 2018

10:30 am

Photo of Catherine NooneCatherine Noone (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will come to that. If Committee Stage is not completed on Monday, it will resume on Tuesday. If it is concluded, which we accept it may not be, the Leader will consult colleagues in the House, the Minister for Justice and Equality, Oireachtas staff and the Bills Office, which was quite rightly mentioned on best to move forward to Report Stage. There is nothing decided in that regard at this point. I am of a similar view that time is required between Committee Stage and Report Stage, especially on a Bill as large and important. Time should not be an issue. In fairness, we have spent ten hours on Committee Stage, notwithstanding my comments on the Bill itself. We will spend eight hours on it on Monday, assuming the Order of Business can be agreed for Monday. By anyone's estimation, this is not ramming a bill through the House.

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