Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The Ceann Comhairle works very hard to educate Deputies on the rules of the House but those who have been here a long time should know them.

On this issue, I have answered comprehensively on any agency within my ministerial remit. I am not answerable for every Minister in the Government. The normal procedure for the kind of information requested by the Deputy is to table a question to all Ministers that seeks information in tabular form. One does not ask individual Ministers for a cross-governmental answer to the these questions. Again, the rules of the House are crystal clear to the Deputy. He knows them well.

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