I wish to pass on my sympathies and those of the Fianna Fáil Party to the family of John Bailey, including his daughter, Deputy Maria Bailey, his wife, his other four daughters, their partners and his grandchildren, and the Fine Gael family generally. I worked closely with John. We sat together on Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. I was there a little bit before him, but for almost 12 years we worked with each other and, sometimes, against each other. Very sadly, he died this morning of motor neuron disease. John had been such an energetic and dedicated councillor for many years. He gave his life to public life, both in terms of politics and the GAA. I was the Fianna Fáil group leader when he was the Fine Gael group leader. We worked with each other to put a programme together in 2014 that stood the five years. I sat beside him and we would often have little jousts, but we were good friends and I want to put on the record my sympathies to his family, friends and political colleagues across the country. It is a sad day for him, his family and us all.

I understand that there is an objection to the Order of Business. I will actually address the Order of Business, which is not something we often do during the Order of Business. Regarding the idea that we should set times for everything, I take Senator Bacik's point about a great deal of legislation seemingly being put through. I am not sure that we can call 9 July the end of July, but I take her point that that deadline might be focusing people's minds.

At the end of term, whenever it falls.

I agree.

It is always the Department of Justice and Equality.

Yes. Even leaving out the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill, the past few weeks have seen a large number of Bills from that Department. Like Senator Craughwell, I chair the House quite a bit. I was on a local authority for 12 and a half years. Senator Craughwell was not, but he knows many people who were. The agenda is the agenda and it flows from one item to the next. If we set aside an hour and a half for something that only takes 20 minutes, we will be sitting around waiting for over an hour.

It is done in the Dáil.

It is.

The Senators are wrong again.

It is done in the Dáil.

It is not actually.

The Dáil runs its business the same way we do, but speaking as someone who chairs the House-----

And does it very well.

Hear, hear.

Indeed. I concur.

I thank Senator Ó Donnghaile. I was not looking for that. The business of today, tomorrow, Thursday and Friday will flow better if we allow items to flow into one another.

Well said.

Something might take 20 minutes or an hour and a half. If it takes 20 minutes after we set down a time of an hour and a half, though, we will be sitting around waiting for another hour and ten minutes for the next business. We would have to bring Ministers-----

What about the members of the public who try to be here?

Members of the public can watch on television or be in attendance whenever they like. They are more than welcome to be here. I will sign anyone in at any time. Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council or any of the 30 other local authorities will meet at 5 p.m. and do its business. Sometimes, it will not get through half its business that day and will have to return to it the next month or even the month after that. Sometimes, it can do its business quickly. If we are going to start putting times on everything, though, and particularly this week, we could be here until midnight.

We do it every other day.

We might not get our business done efficiently. If a formal amendment has been proposed about affixing times to everything, I wish to object to it. In the interests of all Members and the efficient management of the House's business, it would be better.

What about the Ministers?

The Ministers are as able to accommodate us as much as we accommodate them, Senator, whom I thank for interrupting. Those are my thoughts for the day.