Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

I will send the matter back to the Office of the Ceann Comhairle again, hopefully with better luck. I want to remind Deputies, including the Tánaiste, that legislation is the responsibility of Ministers and nobody else. Will the Tánaiste indicate to the House his preferences in respect of the possibility of introducing the minerals development Bill in the House with a view to generating an important discussion on the administration of mining and minerals in this country?

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