Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Ceann Comhairle) | Oireachtas source

I want to make a couple of comments in respect of the Business Committee because I have the responsibility of chairing it. I had the experience before that of being an Opposition Whip in the ancient, previous regimes. The truth of the matter is that the Business Committee is far from perfect but it has worked pretty effectively. I take Deputy Catherine Murphy's point. It worked far more effectively in the previous Dáil, because of the exigencies of the situation at the time, than it works now. However, I would say that the Chief Whip, Deputy Hildegarde Naughton, is the best Whip I have seen in my years here. She continually takes on board points that are raised by people in the Opposition and tries to work them into the business programme. It is not the case that the Business Committee is a charade.

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