Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)

On behalf of the Labour Party I proposed that the members of the National Transport Authority should be elected by the people in the local elections. People could then wear their party colours if they wanted to. In many countries the transport authority is so important it is elected.

I address this question to the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I have had about 140 or 150 questions ruled out in the past year and a half which related to agencies such as the National Transport Authority. The National Transport Authority is just up and running, the website has only recently been set up and immediately six or seven questions were ruled out. Can anything be done about this kind of thing - not the events of recent days - brings Parliament into disrepute?

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