Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Could I ask the Minister whether it is proposed to give extra Government time to clear the backlog of the approximately 100 Private Members' Bills that have been published? The Government seems short of legislative business but there is plenty of legislation before the House and all we do is deal with it on a Friday. Would the Minister be amenable to the idea that we would give time during the week when we are short of Government legislation to deal with Private Members' Bills in order to reduce the list? At the rate we are going it will be years before we get through the 100 Bills that have been published by Members of this House into which they have put great effort.

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