Michael McDowell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I was badly interrupted, so the Chair might give me another 20 seconds.

It is important that we do not spend our time making futile statements to each other and that we deal with legislation, which is badly needed. Where is the Land Development Agency Bill? Where are all these measures?We need to get on with the work. The Houses, as the Legislature, need to be in a position to do their work. A really serious error was made in that we exercised no effective scrutiny over the regulations as they were being made. Other parliaments did. We gave up on the job.