Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)

I have described this evening's motion proposing amendments to these Standing Orders as modest. That is not to detract from their legitimacy, rather it is to emphasise the scale of the task facing this House when it confronts the need radically to reform the way we do our business. The Labour Party published a comprehensive policy document in October of last year. I know that Fine Gael and the Green Party have also been active. We have been in consultation on this issue and I hope we may soon be in a position to announce an agreed programme that draws from the best of our three sets of proposals.

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