Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Ceann Comhairle) | Oireachtas source

However, this House cannot impose its will in any way upon the Members of the Seanad. Members of the other House must make their own decisions in respect of the people whom they will nominate to serve on these particular committees. It is neither appropriate nor possible for us to engage in a debate on that particular matter, notwithstanding the validity of the Deputy's point that it is not acceptable that the committees continue not to be fully populated.

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