Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

——because I have more comments that I would have loved to make.

We have relegated the role of the plenary session of parliament to the role of a committee and have elevated the role of committees to plenary sessions. We have seen the extension of the committees and they have become the extension of Ministries, a means whereby the Minister can have his persona in a particular role doing the job the Minister would have done previously and which is now being conveniently done for him.

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