Dáil
‹ Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Under-Age Drinking. References to other parliamentary questions
Summary
Keating warned that referring Deputies to answers to other questions could be used to evade direct answers; Collins assured the House he would respect Members’ parliamentary rights.
The Minister referred to Question No. 31 at the beginning of his answer to this question. May I ask the Minister if we are to expect such a reference on a regular basis and, if so, would he consider the difficulty of Opposition Deputies who, while respecting the Minister's difficulties, feel that a Minister less worthy than the Minister for Justice might use the device as a means of evading straight answers to straight questions?
