Duncan Smith (Dublin Fingal, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The Government has pulled an absolute stroke with these statements. It is deeply unfair that the information only went out to the parliamentary inbox at 12.20 p.m. that the discussion would focus on sustainable mobility. The Minister said he was asked to speak on that particular issue. Who asked him to do so? I am on the Business Committee and I know nobody on the Opposition side asked for statements on sustainable transport. Did the Taoiseach or the Chief Whip ask the Minister to focus on that aspect? It is incredible, after the weekend just gone, that he did not demand that these statements be used to discuss what happened at Dublin Airport.

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