Seanad debates
Tuesday, 1 July 2003
Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Bill 2002: Committee Stage.
It is a deliberate affront to this House that the Clerk of the Seanad is not included as a member of the commission. The Clerk of the Dáil is a very good man but the attitude appears to be that he can do everything. I do not believe he will do everything. The Clerk of the Seanad should be a member of the commission. If this amendment is not accepted or resubmitted on Report Stage, the committee of which Senator Ryan and myself are two of the five members should address it through the reform package we are putting forward. I believe it is not understood in the higher echelons that we feel affronted and put to one side.
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