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

As other Deputies have said, Opposition Whips have had no say in the scheduling of business or in what should be discussed today. The Whips on this side of the House were not invited to make any suggestions and no opportunity was provided to this side of the House to say we should discuss the negotiations that are taking place today. There will be a press conference in relation to that, but the Dáil will be behind the public with regard to knowledge or presentation on that issue, because the public will find out through the media first.

That is the basic issue. It is not a matter of being discommoded or inconvenienced. It is one of a fundamental lack of engagement and of respect for the Parliament.

There was no legislation in the middle of the night on any bank guarantee. This is being peddled as if it were a fact. It never happened.

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