Lynn Boylan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Nobody doubts the emergency measures that are needed to keep the lights on during the winter. The issue is the nature in which this is being done. We have two hours. Committee Stage will be guillotined. Many of us who are invested in what the Bill is supposed to be about, which is the circular economy, have submitted numerous amendments, have given it time, have attended PLS and are really invested in what the circular economy is about, but now we are being asked to pass two amendments which have nothing whatsoever to do with the Bill and which we have not had any time to scrutinise. We are not going to get to the amendments that are relevant to the Bill. This is a really shoddy way to do business and it is disrespectful to the House. I ask the Minister of State to withdraw these amendments and give Members time to scrutinise what they are trying to do. If they are about what the Minister of State says they are about and there are no unintended consequences, then of course we will support them. However, we are here to talk about the circular economy and we are not even going to get to half of the amendments we have worked on, submitted and spent time on.