Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 22 February 2018

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Estimates for Public Services 2018
Estimates for Public Services 2018
Votes 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)

9:30 am

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

As a member of this committee for many years, I have never blocked a legislative measure from the Government being taken on Committee Stage despite my opposition to the content of legislation.

That is what the Government is doing. I am not arguing against the Minister's right or the right of his party members to vote against items of legislation before this committee. However, to prevent it being discussed at committee is something we in the Opposition, or at least I and members of my party, have never done. We have never argued a piece of legislation should not be scheduled for this committee.

This is not about the arrangement. We did have an arrangement with the Minister of State at the time, now Minister, Deputy Murphy.

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