Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate that, with all of the U-turns, Fianna Fáil is confused about its own position and does not like to hear people remind it of this fact. My question is very simple. Why, for the first time since this Dáil was formed, is the Government seeking to impose a Chairman on a special committee contrary to ordinary procedure?

Why for the first time, probably in decades, is the Government seeking to impose on the Seanad one of its Members it would ordinarily elect for itself to an Oireachtas committee? These are very simple questions. I am sure the Tánaiste has the ability to answer them.

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