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

It is not agreed. What we have here is the arbitrary rescheduling of the Dáil to suit the Government's political agenda. I have not heard any rationale as to why the Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill should be withdrawn, given the numbers of lives lost on the roads and so on. There is always an imperative to have legislation like this passed. In terms of how the Dáil is organised, we will be writing to the Ceann Comhairle about the need for a radical change in how we do our business. The Government has to lead on this. We sent our document on political reform to it over a year ago-----

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