Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

I thank the Government Whip for his intervention and accept his word that provision will be made in the schedule next week for an adequate statement and question and answer session on this issue. It is a time-honoured precedent in the House that the Government proposes through the Government Whip the order of the business for the House. The Tánaiste could have done that in the past half hour. I am glad to accept the word of the Chief Whip that without any doubt or equivocation there will be provision for a question and answer session. I welcome that arrangement.

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