Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

——and he had something interesting to say on the promised civil partnership Bill. He stated "At the end of the day, politically it boils down to six versus 78?". Is there a problem in Government with that Bill? The Government promised the heads of the Bill would be drafted before March. With two weeks to go, when are we likely to see them? Is Deputy Cuffe mistaken about his calculation of the level of support in Government for the legislation?

I would like to raise the transfer of parliamentary questions by the Taoiseach. I tabled three questions to him relating to various matters under the Interception of Postal Packets and Telecommunications Messages (Regulation) Act 1993 and the position of the High Court judge and complaints referee established under the Act who reports to the Taoiseach. The Taoiseach transferred the three questions to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. However, on 25 April last, the Taoiseach replied to my predecessor who tabled identical questions to those he transferred. Why is he not prepared to give me an answer to questions he was quite happy to reply to a number of months ago to my predecessor?

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