Sean Barrett (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Dr. Quinn also states:

Ironically, among the instructions that the Castle had received from London was that the Union should not be a means of introducing any radical measure of parliamentary reform. Yet, carrying the Act of Union itself was a step of breathtaking radicalism. During the debates on the reform of the Irish Parliament in 1797, one member summed up the mood of the Commons when he maintained that, although it was perhaps true that the Irish parliament needed some reform, "it was bad policy to thatch a house in a hurricane." Just over a year later, with the storm still raging, the British government concluded that the bill for renovations was too high and decided to pull down the entire edifice. In Cornwallis and Castlereagh, they found two unlikely but effective levellers.

That is what the Taoiseach is about, namely-----