Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

That fits. Nevertheless, I would like clarification with regard to her request to the Taoiseach with regard to briefing on the matter of the Lisbon treaty and the outworking of the recent committee's deliberations. Will the Tánaiste request that this briefing be open and available to all the Opposition party leaders, that is, the leaders of Fine Gael, the Labour Party and Sinn Féin, and not simply to those parties that were Government allies in the promotion of the Lisbon treaty in the recent referendum?

I refer to the revelation this morning, on the publication of the unemployment figures, to the effect that more than 16,000 additional people are signing on in the month of November. Given that this crisis clearly is growing, will the Government accommodate an opportunity for a full debate on the floor of this Chamber to address the issue of the growing unemployment crisis and the need for strategies to tackle this very important issue?

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