Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)

The Government has agreed to a debate on the national development plan, NDP, during the week for which the session has been extended. Will the Department of Finance or the Government make arrangements to provide Opposition parties and spokespersons with information about where the NDP is at? I do not know whether the Whips have had an opportunity to discuss this but it is a complete waste of time to come into the House for a generalised discussion without information. For instance, many Department of Finance officials are saying metro north will be dumped in the review of the NDP.

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