Rónán Mullen (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am deeply disappointed with the Minister's response. While he may pretend otherwise, it is not really a response to hide behind yet another mantra that he is relying on advice from the Attorney General. The Attorney General has been used, possibly as an unwitting battering ram, in this debate for months, during which the purported rationale for the Attorney General's supposed advice has not been shared with us. This is a disgrace to the parliamentary process and an indictment of the Government's attitude to the Legislature. It is much too easy to invoke the advice of the Attorney General when one does not have a credible answer.