Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

It is. This is a refusal by Ministers to answer questions, the reverse of promised legislation. I am glad to help the Ceann Comhairle here and he will be delighted to hear that I will have the list next week showing the questions that Ministers have refused to answer since the last general election that were answered by their predecessors before the general election.

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