Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)

I asked the Taoiseach on the Order of Business yesterday whether we will be given some information on the updates to the national development plan so that this promised debate can be meaningful. If the Taoiseach expects us to debate the Exchequer returns as well, we must have a guarantee that the Minister for Finance or the Taoiseach himself, or both, will participate in the debate. It is a two-handed partnership, with one having just moved from the post of Minister for Finance and the other having reluctantly taken it up.

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