Brendan Ryan (Labour)

Ar dtús báire, caithfidh mé ceist a chur don gCeannaire faoin dtairiscint faoi toghchán d'Údarás na Gaeltachta. Ar pléadh an tairiscint seo áit ar bith nó an bhfuilimid chun glacadh leis gan díospóireacht? Has it been discussed anywhere? If it has not been discussed at the appropriate committee, it is very bad parliamentary practice to have a motion on a democratic election before the Oireachtas without the details being discussed. We know by now that parliamentary draftsmen make mistakes. We end up being the victims of those mistakes as Parliament is blamed. If it has not been discussed and if the Leader cannot assure me that it has been discussed in some forum, I would not be agreeable to it being passed without debate.

Senator O'Toole is absolutely right. There is only one political movement in this State that should not be allowed to claim the title "republican".