Denis Naughten (Longford-Roscommon, Fine Gael)

The proposal regarding No. 28 is not agreed. While Deputies Upton, Crawford and I are supposed to be debating the Report Stage amendments in the House, we are also supposed to be attending a meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food to discuss Teagasc's closures of profitable offices around the country. It is impossible for us to be in two places at once and we indicated this to the Whip earlier.

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