Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Not agreed. There are serious and pressing questions that need to be put to the Minister for Justice and clarified on the floor of the Dáil. The Taoiseach's overarching objective in the midst of all of this has been to evade, spoof and deny that accountability to the Dáil. The fact that the Minister will not make herself available to make a statement and take questions is shocking and unacceptable, but what is much worse is that the Taoiseach would facilitate that behaviour. The elected representatives here have not only a right, but a duty to put the necessary questions to the Minister. For the life of me, I cannot understand why the Taoiseach is continuing to block this legitimate parliamentary work. He should recall that, as recently as 2017, he led the charge for accountability. He was right to do so, but he is wrong now and failing in his duty as Taoiseach by preventing the necessary accountability-----

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