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

The Taoiseach did not consult; he just tried to ram something through without any meaningful consultation and put forward an ill-informed proposal with no proper accompanying constitutional reform. The Taoiseach did not answer the question I put to him. Deputy Shane Ross's Bill is on the Order Paper. Is the Taoiseach prepared to join other parties in discussing that Bill and that legislative template with a view to reaching agreement to have it passed through the House? The Taoiseach has not consulted us on Dáil reform in a meaningful way or in any shape or form. A meeting was convened on Dáil reform two or three days before last Friday's polling day to do what he said he would do some months ago, which is to present us with a fait accompli that he intends to ram through the House this week. There has been no meaningful engagement. That is the problem when he says he will meet leaders - the meeting is about nothing. His proposals on Dáil reform are to sit more and do less.

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