Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

Some 28 Bills have been enacted this year and a further 29 Bills have been passed. It is a question of ordering the business. We have business to discuss today. I do not know how many Opposition speakers there will be. Given the sort of parliamentary party it has, I expect the Labour Party will have far more interest in the Nuclear Test Ban Bill 2006 next week than it has in some of today's business. That is a decision for that party. That Bill needs to be dealt with. It is an old legacy from the rainbow Administration. I heard it could not get agreement on the matter around the Cabinet table.

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