Fobbing in in the Seanad
Senator Norris again objected to the proposed fobbing-in system and compared it unfavourably with Ministers’ exemption in the Dáil. The Chair corrected his language, and said the issue might be written to the commission for consideration.
I will be brief. Members may recall that I raised certain questions last week about wages and conditions in this House. As a trade unionist, it is perfectly legitimate to do so. I will add one final thing to show how utterly ludicrous the notion of making us fob in is - a majority of Fine Gael Members in Dáil Éireann do not fob in. They are Ministers so they do not have to do so. A majority of the Government party is not fobbing in. When will we get a bit of sense and tell the bureaucrats to bugger off and that we are not fobbing in? They should fob off.
Comment on this
I will accept any emendations the Cathaoirleach, in his civilised way, wishes to make.