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

The bottom line is that a democratic revolution was passed. We are witnessing a constant and consistent suppression of the rights of Deputies to articulate issues, whether it is Question Time or Topical Issue debates being circumscribed and restricted, as they have been, on a consistent basis or otherwise. We now have the guillotining of Bills. The Minister, Deputy Varadkar, more or less told the Seanad yesterday that Senators had better shape up and pass the Water Services Bill without amendment.

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