An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Seanad Éireann — 2024-01-23
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Timmy Dooley (FF), Nominated by the Taoiseach

There are one or two or three Senators who will trot in here and make some outrageous comment and it is gone, and we do not get a chance to challenge it. I would therefore like an open and frank debate here in which those who clearly have a different view from me get an opportunity to debate it and to challenge the Minister on their 30-second sound bites.
It gives all us of an opportunity to broaden the debate so that at least the reportage of what happens here then has all of the facts laid out rather than a carefully crafted 30-second sound bite that engenders, instils and creates fear in the minds of so many. Can we please try to arrange that at the earliest opportunity? I know the Deputy Leader wants to do that, and I am sure it takes others to help.

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Sitting date: 2024-01-23