Dáil debates
Thursday, 23 January 2025
Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil
2:15 am
Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source
A Cheann Comhairle, I thank you for the work you have done in helping to bring this to a resolution for today. I also welcome the statement from the Government Chief Whip and the engagement with all of the different party leaders this morning to resolve this. It should never have come to this. All of us, on the Government benches and the Opposition benches, need to work constructively together in the future to ensure the smooth and efficient running of the Dáil and to engage properly so these things do not happen in the future.
We are not in agreement with the postponement and with the Dáil not meeting again until 5 February. In the past, when there was a break after a new Government was formed, that was in different circumstances when a new Government came together very quickly after the election. It is now almost two months since the election so there has been ample time for people to prepare and so forth. I suggest that if the Ministers are not ready to face the Dáil next week, the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste certainly would be.
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