Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Doherty has been a Member of the House long enough to know that there are a dozen different facilities to allow him discuss the issues he wishes to raise. We are discussing the Estimates at this meeting. We will deal with any issues about the Department's operation and budgeting. If Deputy Doherty wishes to discuss those documents under this committee's auspices, I accommodated all his requests last year. For example, he changed his mind about one of his requests and I changed the agenda to facilitate him. If he wishes to request that this issue be raised I will accommodate him, but I ask him not to say, please, that I am shutting him down when I ask him to desist from raising an issue. I am not shutting him down and I have never shut down a debate in this committee. I ask that we return to dealing with today's agenda. If the Deputy wishes to include matters in other agendas I will try to accommodate him.