Seán Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)

Does the Minister of State agree the most important opportunity a member of any democratic parliament has is to ask a parliamentary question? Does he recognise that fact? If so, does he agree the service we are being provided with is nothing short of scandalous? Does he also agree the lottery system is a failure in that we manage to get through only six or seven parliamentary questions each day, which is a disgrace? Does he concur that tens of millions of euro could have been saved over the years on inquiries and tribunals if proper information had been given way of reply to a parliamentary question?

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