Can I raise an objection to the Rugby World Cup Bill going through the House in the fashion that it is proposed? There has been no prelegislative scrutiny of it. We have nothing but the scantiest details about it. We are being asked to commit €320 million of public money. We have not seen anyone from the Irish Rugby Football Union, IRFU, present to a committee, which it could easily have done to answer questions about it. To push that Bill through this House and conclude Second Stage of it within 120 minutes and Committee Stage of it within 120 minutes is wrong. We could defer putting this Bill through until next week. We do not have to agree it this week. We should not commit €320 million of public money without any proper analysis as to where it is going, what the risks are and what are the potential benefits.

Thank you. We have the Deputy's question.

I understand an additional hour for this Bill has already been provided. As the House will be aware, the order and schedule are now agreed by the Business Committee, and this has been agreed by the Business Committee.

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If I could comment on that point and put forward a suggestion that would help us, in advance of voting this through, we could invite in the head of the IRFU to answer questions.

The Deputy is here a long time and he knows he is not entitled to come in a second time. I call Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett.

I want it noted that it is not true that the order in front of us is exactly what was agreed at the Business Committee.

It is.

He is right.

It is not.

Yes.

The Leas-Cheann Comhairle agrees with me. I was going to be rapporteur this week and I decided not to do it because we agree certain things and then other things appear both for next week and for this week. If we are taking seriously working on a consensual basis at the Business Committee, then the Government should not be pulling surprises and having things appear the day after the meeting, which change all that was agreed. That suggests the Government is playing games. If we are serious about new politics, I ask that we would get agreed at the meeting of the Business Committee what will be the business for the following week.

Has Deputy Mattie McGrath something relevant to raise?

I have on that issue. In fairness to the secretariat of the Business Committee, they rang around the Whips.

For our part, we agreed to it and I assume they did the same with the other Whips.

Can I respond? The Business Committee had its meeting. There was agreement and some changes were proposed. There was an incorporeal meeting and there were some dissenters. That is where we stand. That is my information.

I take both contributions in good faith. There was an agreement but at the last minute there was an issue with the planning Bill. There will be a stand alone Bill because of the planning permissions that will need to be completed before the end of the summer. I accept there is good faith and trust within the Business Committee but this was something beyond our control.