Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

I object to the guillotining of the Bill because it reflects a pattern of behaviour since the Government took up office of ramming through Bill after Bill using the guillotine, a general lack of accountability to the House and a lack of transparency. For example, Taoiseach's questions has been reduced to once a week. There has been a clear pattern of avoiding every opportunity for detailed scrutiny of what the Government is up to. More and more, the Parliament is becoming a creature of the Executive and the Government's behaviour regarding this Bill reflects that even more.

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