Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I agree with that. We have rarely had a Dáil as controlled by the Government as we have today. The Government has traditionally a majority in the Dáil and to seek the Dáil's approval as suggested in the proposal would serve the purpose of ensuring there is debate on the issue. It would be healthy to proceed in this manner rather than to centralise everything in the hands of the Government, which has been the tendency. As Deputy Colreavy suggested, there should be a way to ensure it could be approved by the Government to come before the Dáil for approval. The Minister should reconsider his position on this.