Seanad debates

Thursday, 26 June 2003

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Bill 2002: Second Stage.

 

We have reached the point where one secretary should be allocated to each Member of the Oireachtas, although I understand that such matters require resources. The former Deputy and Minister, Des O'Malley, used to regale us with stories about Leinster House when he was first elected over 30 years ago. He had to share a secretary with four other Deputies, but the secretary had one favourite Deputy whose demands would occupy the typewriting duties, so one would be lucky to get two hours' secretarial work per week. Thankfully, we have moved on from that, but the workload has increased so one secretary per Member is a minimum requirement.

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