Dan Boyle (Cork South Central, Green Party)

Will the Government consider making time available for further clarification and discussion on a number of documents included on today's Order Paper? The first is the report laid by the Minister for Defence regarding service by the Defence Forces in the United Nations. There is a precedent that when a mandate is given it is discussed in the House. If a mandate is reviewed or extended that precedent should still hold.

The other documents relate to EU scrutiny reports by the Committee on the Environment and Local Government, the first of which relates to the council regulation for amending the EURATOM Treaty. Given today's debate the question of whether we should participate in EURATOM or whether that treaty should continue to exist deserves more discussion in this House. The final item is another scrutiny report by the Committee on the Environment and Local Government on the European Council decision on genetically modified maize, which has not been discussed in this House and which is a matter of widespread concern among the public. It deserves further scrutiny on the floor of this House.

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