Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister said that Governments are elected to govern, which is fair enough, but they are also accountable to this House. There will be 158 Members following the election, which will probably be sooner rather than later and the next Government will be accountable to them.

Under my amendment No. 52, I fail to see how laying the national mitigation plan before the Houses of the Oireachtas will in any way undermine the Government. Are Labour Party Members now on this gung ho, right wing, Fine Gael track with their chests out as they swagger around the place because they were elected to Government?

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