Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour) | Oireachtas source

You also said in your letter you got two sets of advice. Which advice takes precedent? Was it the advice you got from the Clerk or the advice from parliamentary legal adviser?

When it comes to the functioning of this Dáil, this is a huge decision. We were looking at other parliaments across the Irish Sea two years ago and laughing at the way in which they conducted their business. Let us make sure that this solemn Parliament in Ireland is not made a show of around the world, where we set a precedent where people who are part of the Government are sitting in opposition. What a bloody farce.

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