Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I listened earlier to the Taoiseach outline the total superficiality of Private Members' motions, like many of the activities of this House. For the record, therefore, will the Taoiseach confirm for the Irish people who are increasingly and falsely led to believe by all parties including the Taoiseach's party and enthusiastically supported by the media that the will of this Chamber on such motions means something? In reality, as also stated, irrespective of the stated position of the Dáil on the housing eviction motion this afternoon, the Government will proceed regardless of whether its position is defeated. Will the Taoiseach further outline, given what I have just said, what reforms the Government proposes to introduce to address the abject democratic deficit that exists within the established practices and Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann as exemplified once again today with this motion proposing the temporary extension of the eviction ban?

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