Peter Mathews (Dublin South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

This is like the Ceann Comhairle earlier, who could not see that my contribution and the questions I asked were connected with the legislation and programme for Government. It is not the case that a steel trap door comes down and Members cannot talk about anything else. Of course, we can. This is a Parliament, from the French word "parler", to talk about ideas. These are small ideas and calibrations and the Government parties should go for them. They will have big targets over the next few months trying to win so many seats in so many areas.

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