Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Tánaiste, that remark was entirely unbecoming of you, if I may say so. Your approach on this issue has sometimes been found wanting. Every single time Sinn Féin has tried to secure an initiative from the Government we have liaised with the Government. On the contrary, the Tánaiste's approach is to announce at 12 noon through the media that he is going to bring forward a motion and then give it to Opposition Members at the very last minute with about a 20-minute window to make amendments. That is not a government seeking to work in partnership with the rest of the House.

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