Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)

If we are to deal with this promised legislation in an orderly and reasonable fashion we must have an opportunity for Deputies with mandates from their constituencies to be able to deal with it. It is something of a hodgepodge at present whereby one Deputy constitutes a party for party leaders' fund, two party members is a sufficient quota for committee members and the recognition of a whip and it takes seven party members to obtain speaking rights in debates and Leaders' Questions in the House. Will the Taoiseach alter Standing Orders to facilitate Members to have an opportunity to represent those people who sent them here?

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