Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE) | Oireachtas source

There is a video on Twitter of the Taoiseach versus the Taoiseach, with him superimposed as leader of the Opposition in 2017, demanding accountability and dismissing the nonsense arguments he is making about separation of powers, the Constitution and that we cannot possibly discuss this contrasted with the kind of answers he gave last week which repeated those arguments. What is happening is an abuse by the Government of the majority it has. It is an abuse to hide behind the idea of separation of powers and that we cannot possibly answer questions about this to avoid accountability to the Dáil. That is what is happening repeatedly on Leaders' Questions. I watched all of them last week. Very simple questions have been asked and people have refused to answer them. The Minister for Justice, who is responsible, has refused to answer questions and is being shielded by the Government from coming in here and answering questions. Instead, we have the absolute insult of a suggestion that accountability is achieved by doing regular oral parliamentary questions, where questions are submitted in advance, answers are prepared and so on. It is absolutely scandalous.

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