Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

That is not an acceptable response given the arrangements proposed for the Bills. If we take a social welfare Bill on Thursday I want to know when it will be published. Will it be published on Wednesday evening after the budget or will it be published on Thursday morning? Will we see it before the Minister comes in to propose it? When will the Bill dealing with public sector pay be published? I want a specific time for its publication because we have only a very short sitting arrangement. As a matter of courtesy we should be told when the Bills will be published. We also have precedent for a period of time to be given after a Bill is published for people to consider it.

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