Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)

I have two brief questions. First, I ask the Taoiseach whether he would continue moving the two by-elections on the same day - I refer, of course, to Donegal South-West and Dublin Central - given the nature of the vacancies in both cases. It is not as if there has been a bereavement and people have to delay for a decent amount of time. The two could be held very quickly.

In light of the 760 jobs to go at Halifax, will the Taoiseach not require his Ministers to bring forward a stimulus package to try to get those people back to work? I am not going to give the list of job losses------

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