Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

May I finish, please? A request was made in the course of the Order of Business. I am dealing with the Order of Business and am, therefore, aware that the Government has a busy timetable in the next fortnight in relation to essential legislation. For this reason, I am unwilling to give a promise for a debate, although I indicated at all stages that I would welcome a debate. One of the advantages of the disorder fomented by Labour Party Deputies was that it gave me the opportunity, on the suspension of the House by the Ceann Comhairle, of surveying Government business for the next fortnight.

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