Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

With respect, a Cheann Comhairle, there is not much point in the House agreeing something here. I, along with my colleagues here, spent the past few days talking to colleagues across this House about Dáil reform, and we have spent the past four hours talking about it, yet the first motion that has been put to the House excludes one eighth of the membership of this House. The third motion that will be put to the House excludes one eighth of the membership of this House, and that is not good enough. To take the example of agriculture, it is a big issue in my county and the adjoining county of Galway. Five out of the 11 Members who have been democratically elected for those two counties have been excluded through that motion.

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