Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

He will not provide us with the options papers. He will not tell us what the trend is with regard to the March figures, but he will come into the House to say that he will consider everything and then will return and tell us about it on 7 April. That is not engaging in bipartisan politics and it does not respond appropriately to what there is, namely, an offer from the Opposition side of this House to engage constructively with Government on this issue.

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