Rónán Mullen (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I propose an amendment to the Order of Business, that No. 2 be amended by the deletion of all words after "12.45 p.m." and the substitution of the following: "and the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously concluded, adjourn after two hours". The reason I am proposing this will be obvious to all. It was interesting to hear Senator O'Loughlin welcoming people to the Visitors Gallery, as indeed do I, and commenting on how desirable it is that people see democracy in action, when this very day we have a Government using its two thirds majority in the Seanad to spit in the face of our democracy by proposing, yet again, the disgraceful use of the tactic of the guillotine to prevent the full discussion of legislation in this House.