Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

I thank the Taoiseach for coming back to that issue. His answer demonstrates the procedures are working well but the Government is not working very well. If the Minister was told by the Attorney General on 14 October that the case in the High Court required amending legislation, the Minister did not tell the House or the spokespersons until the day before the legislation had to be brought in. Procedures may be working but the Government is not.

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