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

I beg the Ceann Comhairle's indulgence in this. I only learned last week, and I do not know whether it was from communication between his office and all the whips or what, that the mechanism to hear the rapporteur from the European Parliament was via three committees, which I thought was an unusual construct. Would it have been possible for the Dáil to go into committee, for example, to hear Mr. Verhofstadt?

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