Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Every radio station is talking about it and we do not have an opportunity to have a private notice question accepted, which would have allowed for a detailed presentation by the Minister of his position and his perspective in the aftermath of the resignation of a Minister of State in his Department. This significant controversy has been under way for some weeks. On occasion in previous dáileanna, Ministers were inevitably brought in and asked to respond to a private notice question. That was always the standard.

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