Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Ceann Comhairle) | Oireachtas source

As someone who has needed to be completely agnostic on the two amendments before us, I nonetheless want to make some reference to the important points a number of Deputies have made, including Deputy Howlin on the issue of Dáil reform. He is someone who has contributed significantly to the process of reform. I think we would all consider the introduction in recent years of pre-legislative scrutiny to be one of the most important pillars we have put in place. The respective committees on Dáil reform during the previous Dáil and the current one have recognised that post-legislative scrutiny is essential and we want it to happen because it should exist in a developed and effective parliamentary setting. We also have to face the reality that we will have to radically restructure our working week if we are to find time in the Dáil schedule to do this essential work. The public interest demands that we do it.

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