Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 20 May 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Steven MatthewsSteven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party)
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As Chair, I have ruled previously in pre-legislative scrutiny, PLS, sessions that witnesses do not question witnesses. If the Deputy wishes to make a statement, that is fine, but I will not permit him, as a witness in committee today, to question other witnesses.