Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

Yes - resources to draft legislation. The reason I ask this is simply that many Bills have not come through and there have been rushed referendum Bills, which is not good for public discourse.

It seems that the existing resources are not adequate. The Taoiseach referred in his reply to the business case. Has he read the business case submitted to the Minister? Does it specifically ask for additional capacity to enable the legislative programme to be completed properly, as befits a modern Parliament, with due time for the Members to consider the legislation in the months ahead?

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