Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It is not like me to complain and the Ceann Comhairle knows that I have been a very co-operative Deputy over the past five years but I just want to draw attention to the method of dealing with Parliamentary Questions to the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. In 2012, as the spokesperson on enterprise in the second largest Opposition party, I was afforded the opportunity to ask 31 questions relating to enterprise. So far this year, I have only been afforded the opportunity to ask seven. Obviously, this has reduced my ability to hold the Minister to account on this issue. Could the Ceann Comhairle take the fact that there has been a fall in the number of questions I have been given the opportunity to ask from 31 in 2012 to seven in total this year into consideration? It has had a significant effect on my ability to hold the Government to account on enterprise.

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