Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

They behaved that way. They formally withdrew Deputy Thomas Gould and told him not to go to the select committee so that the time was used up for voting purposes. That is a fact. It is what it is.We had the planning advisory forum, including the Minister, Deputy Peter Burke, and the Ministers of State, Deputies Kieran O'Donnell, Alan Dillon and Malcolm Noonan, with all stakeholders. The Bill was published in January 2023. The Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage did comprehensive pre-legislative scrutiny. Senators Boyhan, Fitzpatrick and Cummins were there, along with many interested Senators. Senator Moynihan was there and Senator McDowell paid a particular interest to this. Other Members have brought forward amendments that I saw in the Dáil, and which are replicated here, who did not participate in any way, shape or form. That is fine. It is not a criticism, because Members have many different things to do and many priorities, but we had 120 hours of debate on Committee Stage in the Dáil.