Rory O'Hanlon (Cavan-Monaghan, Ceann Comhairle)

I want to deal with the issue raised by Deputy Bruton. I thank the Deputy for giving me notice of the matter.

As the Deputy is aware, there are many avenues open to him to raise the matter in the House. These include, for example, parliamentary questions, the Adjournment debate, or perhaps more suitably, Private Members' time. The Deputy will appreciate that, as Ceann Comhairle, I do not have a role in the way business is transacted in the committee, which is a matter for the committee itself. Under Standing Order 97(1), the Dáil CPP has a general role in overseeing the procedure of committees, whether by request from the relevant committee or otherwise. However, this would be general and would not permit CPP to deal with specific cases where the committee has voted in a particular way on a particular issue.

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