Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)

Will the Ceann Comhairle carry out an investigation into what has been happening here? Members of the Joint Committee on Health and Children were informed that we would meet at 11 a.m., despite the fact that we normally meet at 9.30 a.m., and that the meeting would be in private to ensure the report could be released. When we went downstairs, there was chaos and nobody knew what was going on. We then came to the House but the Taoiseach did not explain the failure to abide by the basic procedures of the House. Is it because things have got so bad that the Department of Health and Children is refusing to co-operate?

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