Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 5 June 2013
Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform
Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Committee Stage
6:15 pm
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Independent) | Oireachtas source
Inquiries under section 9 are those which are most open to political abuse. They will never be used on a Government Deputy and will be used only on Opposition Deputies and Senators. Assuming that my coming amendments will be rejected, as no doubt they have been, section 9 inquiries will only be possible under a majority vote in the House. That will never be done for a Government Deputy.
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