Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

This relates to Deputy Sargent's question. Can we rewind the clock to give the Minister, Deputy McDowell, an opportunity to come to the House to speak on that matter?

The second matter I want to raise relates to the Privacy Bill sponsored by the same Minister. At the weekend he got the chairman of his constituency to put down a motion denouncing the Bill, saying it was a charter for those with things to hide. Is there a precedent for a Minister disowning his own Bill in this fashion, having come into the House sponsoring it and——

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