Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Good. The number of non-House staff has increased significantly in recent decades and that needs to be factored into the general approach of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission.

My final suggestion may not be relevant to the commission but rather, perhaps, to Standing Orders. I would like to see the Ceann Comhairle elected by secret ballot rather than by an open vote. A secret ballot would increase confidence in a Ceann Comhairle elected in that manner. While that matter is not germane to this legislation, it is germane to the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission. Perhaps the incoming commission will consider what changes are required to deal with that. I commend and support the Bill.

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