Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

Does the Minister expect to be here every Thursday morning?

He gave a reply to Deputy Varadkar yesterday concerning credit card surcharges. There was a commitment in the programme for Government that there would be a ban on surcharges on credit card payments for booking tickets for flights, matches and so on. In his reply to the Deputy yesterday, the Minister said that it cannot be done and that he has advice from the Attorney General to that effect. Will he publish that advice?

The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government recently said that limits should be introduced for spending in local elections. The local elections are just 12 months away, so when will legislation introducing spending limits for local elections be introduced?

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