Micheál Martin (Cork South-Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have been watching some of Sinn Féin's messaging on social media. It is almost a new style; a new approach. There was a beautiful one this morning about Eoin Ó Broin and his legislation on water and how Eoin had signed it. The Deputy opposite does it with a kind of "I wonder where that came from?" It was as if an executive order had been signed by Deputy Ó Broin in terms of water charges. I come in today and see that we are the do-nothing Government. That sounds familiar, but I suppose people have to keep on learning and innovating in terms of political opposition.

We want to establish Oireachtas committees. We are not holding that up in any shape or form. I respectfully suggest that the Deputies opposite agree to the formation of committees and not get in the way of them being formed. Government is getting on with it. We will continue to do what we have to do in respect of decisions.

We have a parliamentary system here. We have a legislative Chamber. We should be passing legislation. We can do it by plenary session if we have to and we will in terms of legislation that will come forward. We will pass it through the House. If Opposition Deputies do not want to form committees and want to be a barrier to the formation of committees, that is their business.

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