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Fri 06 Jun 2009Guillotine allows 'one minute 20 seconds' per amendment
A GUILLOTINE on housing legislation allowed just one minute and 20 seconds for each of the 170 amendments to be dealt with, Labour whip Emmet Stagg told the Dáil in repeated criticism of end-of-term deadlines.
The House was to deal with the report and final stages of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, published in July last year, to create a modern framework for social housing.
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