No contact received yet from the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission asking me to take down the picture tweeted by Minister Ciaran Cuffe in the Dáil bar last Thursday night which I blogged shortly afterwards. The picture showed politicians and members of the lesbian and gay community celebrating the passage of the Civil Partnership Bill.

It seems that the Superintendent of the Oireachtas discovered the picture and requested that the Minister take it down. The rule of no photography allowed inside the Dáil or the bar was broken (it’s not just the bar that photography is banned – other areas are camera free). It’s a stupid rule. It’s a public place albeit with restricted access, subsidised by tax payers and as Cuffe says many people would like a souvenir of their visit.