Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

Will the Taoiseach permit time to Deputy Finian McGrath to read into the record of the House his deal, as he told a number of public broadcasting media he will do? In today's newspapers he is quoted as saying he may not be given enough time today to read them all in. Will he be given a second bite in the event that they do not all fit on the first day?

Is the Taoiseach stating that the Government is embarking on a programme for Government which gave the Green Party, by its own admission, nothing? Is he stating that the Progressive Democrats sought and got nothing and that he now has the support of four Independent Deputies who were fooled into believing they got something, when it was already in the national development plan and existing programmes?

Is that the case? It is amazing that one cannot turn on a radio station but Deputy Finian McGrath is insisting he wants to tell us what he got.

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