Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)

I seek the Chair's assistance. It is a fundamental right of Members to ask questions of Ministers and to get whatever information the Minister has on the issue. It is a mainstay of democracy that we have that right in this House. I asked the Minister for Transport, Deputy Noel Dempsey, a parliamentary question, Question No. 13421/09, on 31 March. The Minister chose to ignore the question I asked and responded with a whole lot of waffle.

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