Backbench access to Order of Business
Brendan Griffin asks that the Order of Business be broadened to let backbench Deputies raise current issues, describing this as a further democratic reform.
I take this opportunity to wish Deputies Olivia Mitchell and Frank Feighan the very best in the future, as well as my fellow Corca Dhuibhne man, Deputy Joe Higgins.
With respect to the Order of Business and the time that is made available for it, will the Taoiseach, if he is in a position to do so in the future, broaden the remit of it to give backbench Deputies, like myself, an opportunity to raise issues of the day in this Chamber? It would build on many of the positive reforms that have already come into place. If it were possible to provide for that, it would be a big step forward in the Thirty-second Dáil.
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A ringing endorsement of the democratic revolution.