Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Please accept the basic parameters of a parliamentary democracy that when people stand up to speak, they are allowed to. I did not interfere with anybody or interrupt anybody on that side of the House when they spoke. I agree with the order of the Business Committee. There must be some degree of certainty and solidity about our work. If a recommendation comes from the Business Committee to proceed in a certain manner, we should take the vote. We cannot just have four or five people standing up every week and saying that because they do not agree with the order, we will not proceed. We are trying to accommodate every nuance and position. Being thrown under a bus in the political world is a regular occupational hazard.

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