David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)

Is the Government running out of legislation? The Dáil was suspended yesterday because the Government seemed to run out of business.

I want to ask about the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2006, which is to be debated next Tuesday afternoon but will not be published until Monday afternoon. Is it the case that the Government is trying to fill the gap and that while the Minister for Social and Family Affairs is away with his press officers and advisers to write his speech, we will not see it until Monday evening? Does the Tánaiste agree with this way of carrying out Government business or is it all a mess over there?

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