Seanad debates
Thursday, 26 June 2003
Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Bill 2002: Second Stage.
The issue of secretaries is dear to our hearts. I acknowledge the fact that some people in the House could easily use two secretaries and there are others who could get away with having no secretary at all. I do not know how one deals with that. We must acknowledge the fact that many of us need a dedicated secretary. There must either be a pooling arrangement that is more generous than the current arrangement or a secretary should be allocated to each Senator in the knowledge that there will be a certain amount of wastage. Some means must be found of providing a secretarial back-up and service to people who need it and that is not always currently available.
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