Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Apologies. Through the Chair, please.

I will check that reference and ensure it is accurate. We will make sure the record is corrected.

However, I will stand by the fact that An Taoiseach has not delivered on his programme for Government commitment to implement the Manning report. In his consistent delays in moving forward on this issue and in his refusal to put forward legislation, he has stood in the way of the delivery of Seanad reform. We are now moving to the end of the Twenty-Fifth Seanad with no legislation put forward by the Government or action taken to implement the Manning report. Accordingly, it has failed in its commitment in the programme for partnership Government.

The Minister of State must acknowledge in that regard that the Taoiseach has stood in the way of the delivery of meaningful Seanad reform.