Seanad debates
Thursday, 24 October 2002
Sub-committee of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges: Motion (Resumed).
During the years Senators were always delighted to hear that the Taoiseach, whoever it might have been, was about to come into the Seanad. We are always delighted to hear that the Taoiseach has taken time to come to the Seanad. Now, because of the rules of the other House, the Taoiseach is to be released from parliamentary duties on a Thursday and should pay this House the courtesy of spending part of that time in the Seanad. It would raise the importance of the House in a very simple way if the Taoiseach were to respond to our various queries. It would be a simple matter to agree on how such a session of one or two hours on a Thursday could be incorporated into the activities of the House. This would be a welcome gesture by the Taoiseach to reform of the Seanad.
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