Diarmuid Wilson (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I had a number of points to make on the guillotine, but Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell has made them all very eloquently so I will be brief. If someone wants to use the additional minute and a half allocated to me, they are very welcome to do so.

I cannot believe that the Leader is attempting to guillotine the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill. I know it is not his way of doing business or that of his colleagues. This has been imposed on him and I understand the situation he is in, but it is appalling. My party will oppose it vigorously. In the unlikely event that the Leader's proposal to guillotine this unnecessary Bill, a Bill which is not urgent, is successful then we will take other avenues to disrupt other legislation in this House.