Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The reason I am opposing this is because next Tuesday, Leaders' Questions shall be taken and there shall be no oral questions, questions to the Taoiseach, topical issues or Order of Business within the meaning of Standing Order 26. No legislation is being proposed next week, so we will be talking about the Government's priorities instead. The priorities were outlined in the programme for Government in 2011 and we could have a lot of debates on it, but there will be no legislation and no accountability of the Government next Tuesday, which is a farce. I have no difficulty in holding this Government to account, but when we cannot have questions and we cannot raise issues, and we have this back slapping next week to allow the Labour Party Members to come in and praise Fine Gael because they could not do it over the weekend, then that is simply farcical.

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