Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

If I raised this issue the other day, it would have been related to the fact that the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Devins, attended the awards for science excellence in Dublin Zoo. These are matters that could be arranged at a time when the Dáil is not sitting, where they would not interfere with Deputies of the Government parties being present in the House on Thursdays in accordance with the edict of the Government Chief Whip. We can require them to be here in a way according to that and I am only trying to be helpful. These arrangements can be made in such a way that they would not apply like that in future. I would say that this was in order.

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