Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

On behalf of the Independent Group, I support the various calls for debates to take place in the House. As a member of the Business Committee, I will say that the Business Committee basically has no powers. The business it does has to come to the Dáil to be voted on. That is why we have this fiasco every Tuesday. If the Business Committee had real powers, maybe that would be avoided. That is why we have this situation. Members need to know that. The impression is put out all the time that the Business Committee decides on the business of the House when it does not really.

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