Mairéad Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I do not think the Minister answered my question from last night when I asked which super junior Minister would be impacted by the legislation. If only three were being allowed, which super junior Minister was not getting the full whack money if he or she was the fourth super junior Minister? Maybe the Minister can enlighten us on that. He is missing the point here. He is talking about what is happening in other countries. We can agree or disagree on that. We can have that argument. The point here is that if the Minister believes so strongly that this needs to happen, why does he not ask the people? The Constitution is clear about Cabinet confidentiality, the 15 Ministers in Cabinet and all that. If the Minister feels that strongly about it and really believes it, then he should go to the people and ask them. Why is the Government making this decision and railroading it through the Dáil? We have two cases going forward. The prudent thing to do would be to see what comes out of them before bringing this legislation through the Dáil.

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