Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I want to put on the record that I have written previously to the Ceann Comhairle about the Minister or Minister of State responding to Topical Issue debates. I mean no disrespect to the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell. My understanding has always been that if the Minister was not available, we would be advised of it in advance or a Minister of State from that Department would come to the House. I wrote to the Ceann Comhairle on the previous occasion this happened. It was on the same issue and here we are again.

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