Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

When is it intended to publish the revised programme for Government? It is an essential document for the House to know what it is the Government has agreed to do. Clearly, the existing programme for Government is a dead letter and it is very difficult to raise issues or questions on a programme for Government that no longer applies. Can the Taoiseach give some indication to the House as to when there will be a new revised programme for Government before us?

I note it is intended the House not sit during the week of the elections and that is the normal practice. However, what surprises me is that on the calendar which has been circulated it would appear it is the Government's intention that the House will rise for the summer on 2 July. That would be a week earlier than the very early rising of the House-----

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