Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach never mentioned the Cabinet Committee on Irish and the Gaeltacht. Did that committee meet at all and can the Taoiseach give us some sense of what it did? Questions to the Taoiseach allow the Opposition leaders scrutinise the work of the Department of the Taoiseach but the Ceann Comhairle has to keep to the rules. We appreciate, however, the latitude he allows at times. The Taoiseach, who was in opposition for so long, understands the need to give as much information as possible without breaching the imperative of Cabinet confidentiality. Would it be possible to change that protocol given all the talk of democratic revolution and so on, the importance of Cabinet committees and their primary role in shaping Government policy and that our ability to scrutinise the content of their discussion is not very transparent or accountable and is the opposite of democracy?

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