Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I wrote to the Taoiseach on 14 July as Chairman of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice and Equality and I have not received a substantive reply in the over three months since. I was bringing to his attention a number of Private Members' Bills that are queued for address in the justice and equality committee. This is a very serious matter because it is having an impact on the effectiveness of the committee system and, I believe, the structures of our parliamentary institutions in Leinster House. I instanced a number of Bills and I only received some days later an acknowledgement from the assistant private secretary stating that my correspondence would be brought to the Taoiseach's attention. Has it been brought to his attention? This concerns not only the Bills I itemised in the correspondence from the justice committee, but also, from questions I have posed, I have established that there are 18 Private Members' Bills queued, awaiting money messages.

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