Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

——through the internal Oireachtas website, nor are they placed in the Oireachtas Library to afford access to all Deputies and Senators.

Does the Taoiseach not accept that his response to my earlier question in which he indicated that each of the parties could replicate the service through party leaders funding encourages duplication? Did he not also identify a possible means to address this matter through the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission? Would that option not be more appropriate? Perhaps the Ceann Comhairle will note that such a request on behalf of the collective parties and Independents in the House could be presented by the commission to the Taoiseach for further consideration. The Taoiseach will have to agree that his colleagues may very well welcome access to this information when they are next in Opposition, which may not be too far in the future.

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