Seanad debates
Thursday, 10 April 2003
Order of Business.
Mr. O'Toole: Senator Brian Hayes took the words out of my mouth. I have been extremely upset about this since this morning and have already had words with the chairman of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party, good Louth man that he is. I am appalled to think that whatever drove the Government to this stopping, blocking and stemming of information which led to the extraordinary amendments to the Freedom of Information Act has extended to the parliamentary party where the new rule is that people will no longer be in control of what they say. We say to our colleagues in Fianna Fáil that this is appalling. We will probably have to listen to the Progressive Democrats for the view of the Government from now on because those in Fianna Fáil will be put down and put to sleep if they speak out of turn. If we can be of any assistance in this matter—
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