Michael D Higgins (Galway West, Labour)

I have been here and acted as a Frontbench spokesperson on foreign affairs for a very long time and wish to be of some assistance. There is ample precedent where matters are different from each other and affect different spokespersons, they are grouped separately. This goes to the point made by the leaders of the Labour Party and Fine Gael. We have dealt with motions relevant to European matters, which required one kind of response, and the ruling from the Chair if bundling is allowed------

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