Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

They are great enthusiasts for parliamentary debate. The basic principle is that political parties should not think Parliament is their possession and that they can control anything that happens. To date, we have had such an experience, where Deputies have been removed from committees because they voted against the Government's line. This has happened to Deputies Peter Mathews and Lucinda Creighton and many others who were taken off and forced off. Sinn Féin did this with Deputy Peadar Tóibín.

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