Susan O'Keeffe (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I commend this petition because I believe we are blessed with staff at Leinster House who make every effort to make people welcome on both sitting days and non-sitting days. The idea of having tours of Leinster House is great, in particular for the younger schoolchildren who come. We should find a way to make the building more open, even on a limited basis so that a member of the public could gain access should he or she be in Dublin, have time to spare or just want to see what the legislative Chambers look like. We could, for example, make 30 places a day available. I am sure the Superintendent will come up with something. I commend the petition on its practical approach and understanding that what we should be about is being as open as we possibly can.

I trust that we will be able to find a suitable response and that the petition would remain open until that happens.