I join other Deputies in commending the Ceann Comhairle on the initiative he has taken for the rights of Members. No. 122a has been put on the clár today and I ask the Tánaiste if the Government will provide time to debate it and a similar motion placed on the clár yesterday. People are watching whether the Government's commitment to Dáil reform is real or rhetoric, and the test of democracy is not how it treats friends but rather how it treats people who have disagreed with it on certain issues. Will the Government provide time to debate the motions and allow elected Members, with a mandate in this House, to be appointed to committees? Will the Government continue to keep a veto over the process? I ask that time be allowed to debate these motions in the spirit of democracy and Dáil reform.

The Whips regularly consider the various proposals on the Order Paper to see when they can be moved, and that is why we have Private Members' time. Every Member has the right to speak in this House and every Member has the right to attend any committee.