Who answers Public Service questions
Kelly questioned whether the Minister of State would continue answering questions for the Department. The Ceann Comhairle ruled the question out of order, while MacSharry and Colley defended the practice and Kelly disputed that it was longstanding.
I do not in any way mean to be offensive towards the Minister of State, but is the House to take it that, because the Minister of State answered the first of the five questions addressed to the Minister for the Public Service, all these questions for that Department from now on will be answered by the Minister of State rather than by the Minister for the Department?
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That question does not arise and the Deputy is behaving in a disorderly manner in putting the question.
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The Minister is sitting in front of the Minister of State and I would like to know——
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The Deputy was complaining a short while ago about the Minister of State not doing enough work.
