Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

A motion was circulated, which was drafted by the Department of Foreign Affairs. My clear understanding from the Business Committee was that an attempt would be made to draft a motion which could obtain the consensus and support of all sides of the House. That is was what was agreed by the Business Committee. Rather than doing, we now have a Government motion on which we do not have the wording. I do not understand what has happened. There was an attempt to get consensus, to have the agreement of the House on a motion, and that appears to have been done away with now. There needs to be clarification as to what happened to that attempt. Where do we go from here?

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