Seán Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, Ceann Comhairle) | Oireachtas source

Before the Taoiseach replies, I should point out that these questions are purely statistical, requesting the number of times a Cabinet committee has met. The line Minister is responsible for policy. We cannot go on at this rate, as we have spent almost 20 minutes on three statistical questions when other Deputies have important questions. I ask people to recognise that these sorts of issues should be raised with line Ministers rather than during Question Time for the Taoiseach. I ask everybody to be conscious of that.

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