Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

A parliamentary division has been established in that organisation, which has not been in place for much longer than a year or 14 months. One must be fair and reasonable. The executive is currently beefing up its parliamentary affairs division.

I answer a couple of hundred of questions in the House every week on policy issues. The idea that three Ministers would be asked why two children were absent from school is a bit much.

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