John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Ceann Comhairle)

For the purposes of clarification, the Standing Order is clear on the making of secondary legislation and questions on it. The Taoiseach, the Tánaiste or whoever is replying to the Order of Business on any given day is of course obliged to answer questions on secondary legislation — Deputy McManus is right — but because secondary legislation is so plentiful, he or she may defer replying to a question relating to the making of that legislation to another day. That is all I was saying. As Deputy Jan O'Sullivan has contributed already, I call Deputy Ó Caoláin.

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