Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Seanad Éireann — 2022-07-06
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Victor Boyhan (IND), Agricultural Panel

I support the two Labour Party amendments. They are very basic. This is about transparency and openness. Surely no one has a difficulty with this. The amendments are worthy of support. I would like to think the Minister of State has given them consideration. With no disrespect to the Minister of State, for any Minister to read a piece of paper and tell us something is not possible is not good parliamentary engagement. I am challenging the Minister of State on this. These are very obvious basic asks. I am sure the Minister of State will stand up with a pink or white note in his hand and read it. I ask him to dump it and tell us he has listened to the debate. The Minister of State is not here just to give messages from the public servants and I mean no disrespect to them. I know he is someone who thinks outside the box and I respect him for it. He cannot argue with these two very basic asks. I hope he will use his functions and the powers vested in him to support them.

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Sitting date: 2022-07-06