Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)

The proposal for tomorrow's business states: "A Minister or Minister of State may reply to questions." Fortunately, I share the same constituency as the distinguished Minister for Finance and I have had to cancel attendance at constituency functions tomorrow but the Minister will go to those functions. I want an assurance from the Government, in the context of the most expensive deal that the Irish taxpayer has ever undertaken, that the Minister for Finance will be in this House to answer our questions.

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