Martin Conway (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We have a situation here. I was first elected to this House 12 years ago today, in which time I have never seen a situation like this in which not even a script has been provided to the Minister of State to respond to Senator Murphy's Commencement matter. I checked to see if it would be appropriate to give the Senator the four minutes to outline his case but am told it is not. All I can do for him is bring this to the immediate attention of the Cathaoirleach and ask him to give the Senator top priority in terms of selecting this Commencement matter tomorrow or the next day. I apologise to the Senator on behalf of the House. This is totally inappropriate and unacceptable.