Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)

The Ceann Comhairle's answer to Deputy Joe Higgins's question puts the matter in context. On national radio this morning a spokesperson for the Government, the deputy leader of the junior partner in Government, gave us to understand that there were significant unanswered questions and that the survival of the Government was conditional on satisfactory answers being provided in this House.

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