Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

Once again I have to appeal to the Ceann Comhairle for assistance and advice. I am sure everybody in the House has had a similar experience to mine. In the past few days I have received responses to some ten questions from the Office of the Ceann Comhairle - it is not his fault - which state the Minister has no responsibility to the House. I have complained about this issue and only one person can deal with it. My question concerns the order or disorder of our business in this House. It has to stop. We have had a lot of talk about Dáil reform but we do not talk about the erosion of the rights of Members of this House to get answers to questions which are pertinent and which were answered previously by Ministers' predecessors.

For example, in response to questions in respect of Transport 21, last week I received a letter from the Ceann Comhairle-----

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