I move: That initiation of the Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021 may proceed pursuant to Standing Order 174 notwithstanding that pre-legislative consideration of the Bill pursuant to Standing Order 173 has not been completed. For the record of the House, I was accused just before the votes of bringing the Business Committee into disrepute. I was happy, having checked with the officials, to find that there was no dissent and no objection registered this morning when this motion was taken as the first item of business at the Business Committee.
I tell you what, a Cheann Comhairle, I will be emailing you now calling for an emergency meeting of the Business Committee. I believe you are bringing us into disrepute and I have to tell you that my colleagues in the Opposition agree with me. We will have an emergency meeting of the Business Committee on the back of this to sort it out.
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Tellers: Tá, Deputies Brendan Griffin and Jack Chambers; Níl, Deputies Mattie McGrath and Pádraig Mac Lochlainn.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment put: | Lost | 40–70 |
| Question put: | Carried | 101–8 |
| Question put: | Carried | 68–44 |
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