Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

When does the Government intend to publish the programme for Government? I understand from the Government Press Office when I made the inquiry this morning that it is intended to publish the programme officially in the coming days. Does the Tánaiste agree that this is most unacceptable? The Dáil will have risen for the summer recess and the opportunity for Members to question Ministers on the programme's content will have been deferred until late autumn. Will the programme to be published mirror that published by the Green Party following its negotiations with Fianna Fáil? Is there a prospect that in the intervening period the Progressive Democrats have got into the mix? Will the Tánaiste instruct the publication of the programme for Government today to allow the House an opportunity to address it properly tomorrow before the summer recess?

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