Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

Have the arrangements for the proposed new standing committee been discussed with the other Government colleagues in the Green Party? Will the Taoiseach clarify whether any engagement with the Green Party has taken place on this matter?

This morning I arrived here early and until 10.30 endeavoured to contact the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. I tried the switchboard line, the direct line to the Minister's office and even the 1890 number but all were out of service. I got no response from the Minister's office here in the ministerial block.

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