Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

I certainly would not have thought that the Government would have the effrontery to think that the Topical Issue debate was an appropriate place to deal with the biggest scandal that has emerged in recent days. The public is outraged. We are talking about a million breathalyser tests being lied about and people paying the price in terms of extra penalty points, wage deductions, etc. The Minister must answer today. It will go to a vote and I can guarantee that we will make an issue out of this because we had to make an issue to get the Taoiseach to answer questions before. There are two solutions. We either take Government Business during those two hours later in the evening or the Taoiseach can scrap questions to the Taoiseach. I have two questions to the Taoiseach which I am happy to allow to be scrapped in favour of the Minister coming to the Dáil, but she should answer today. Only two people can get in during the Topical Issue debate. It must involve all parties and all groups.

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