Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss the following matter of public interest requiring urgent consideration, namely, the need to debate Government proposals to merge five equality and human rights agencies, the effect of which would be to diminish the ability of these agencies to do the jobs they have being doing so well, to silence important independent watchdogs and to breach this State's commitment under the British-Irish Agreement and the need for the Government to clearly detail how any significant cost savings would be achieved in this regard given the agencies in question receive only a restrictive total budget of €18 million or less than 4% of the Department's budget.

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