Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

They guillotined legislation 11 months ago and have guillotined 65% of what was before the House. The Government has the numbers and has put a process in place whereby the former Minister, Phil Hogan, had a carrot and an incentive. The incentive was Brussels and when he got it he put it on the Taoiseach's desk and the mess left behind is for the rest of us to clean up.

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