Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

All I want is to simply ask a basic question.

We have heard much about longer Dáil sittings, etc. It seems perfectly logical, if the Taoiseach wants more time for the Dáil, that the Cabinet should sit on Mondays, as I stated earlier, and that the Dáil could then sit earlier on Tuesdays. So far, in the past ten weeks, we have had debate after debate of statements. We have not had a great deal of legislation in the past ten weeks. It is time for the Taoiseach to put aside optics and be practical about what could happen here. I am saying Cabinet meetings on Mondays would allow for fuller days on Tuesdays and more time if that is what people want.

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