Seán Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)

How do we expect the public to understand what is happening in Europe if documents are just laid before the Dáil and never discussed publicly in this Chamber? Are we serious about communicating with the electorate? When will time be made available on a regular basis for all these proposals to be debated in this Chamber, where they should be debated? These matters eventually become law, but we do not know anything about them. We do not have the details and know nothing about them.

To bring that across to the electorate, when is it proposed to bring the televising of the Dáil and its committees to the public by way of broadcasting directly from these Chambers?

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