Frances Fitzgerald (Fine Gael)

It is a misuse of Parliament. We spent a number of hours today in the Mansion House speaking about the importance of parliamentary procedure. It is about time we lived up to what was said there today, that we made this House and the Dáil relevant, that real debates took place in this House and that adequate time was provided to deal with events in real time, not weeks afterwards. For these reasons, I oppose the proposals made.