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

The protocol is that the Department involved should make contact with the Deputy tabling the Topical Issue matter and there should be the opportunity to agree or not agree, as the case might be. Some of those Departments, if they did not, should have been in touch with the Deputy about this Topical Issue matter.

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