Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

I gave the Taoiseach notice yesterday, and he might tell the House when he has the information, about the issue of whether we are likely to deal with the regulation and control of management companies prior to the general election.

In respect of a different piece of legislation, newspaper reports today will cause the Taoiseach some surprise as much as they did on this side of the House. They relate to the pulling of a commercial for Trócaire by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland because the commercial has a political end. Most of us would be very surprised——

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