Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)

There are no such alternative means, with the exception of obliging Members to enter a lottery to which, if they are lucky, they might obtain access once a month. That is the only means available. The letters we send are returned and our telephone calls are not answered. In addition, Ministers on whom there is a constitutional requirement to answer questions in and be accountable to this House are refusing to answer such questions. There are no alternative means by which matters of this nature might be addressed.

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