Michael D Higgins (Galway West, Labour)

On a point of order, circulation of a document is a matter for the Ceann Comhairle; either it is to be placed in the Oireachtas Library or it is not. If the Ceann Comhairle wants to depart from that practice I suggest he would be creating a very strange precedent. It has always been the case that where documents are not delivered along with the major legislation, they are made available in the Oireachtas Library, even supporting documents. If it is the Government's intention to depart from that norm, let us hear it from them.

See this speech in context