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

It is not agreed. I think there should be a debate on this particular issue and I am at a loss as to why a debate in plenary session was not facilitated. Our general concern with the order of the day and the manner in which the business of the House has been organised is a very fundamental one.

I am not lecturing anyone. I am simply saying the way Members of the House are being treated is unacceptable. I say to the Minister that the Government is treating the Dáil with the kind of contempt he treated the students of Ireland with when he promised them, on the steps of Trinity College, that he would reduce third level charges and said, a month later, that he had to make that promise to get into power. As we know, Deputy Rabbitte said that is the kind of thing you do at an election.

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