Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

The Minister invited Deputies Howlin and Jim O'Keeffe to discussions and arranged to meet them again. He went into the Seanad in the interim to tell that House that a broad agreement had been reached. He changed his mind three or four times yesterday. He criticised the House for not noting the two omissions that occurred to him last night, even though we did not see the Bill until today.

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