Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

The House should express thanks to them. It was a highly sensitive situation and they worked very hard over a period to bring it to a resolution and I am glad this has happened.

What arrangements will be made regarding a debate in the House on the national pensions framework and the issues arising therefrom?

As for the composition of the Government, this is now getting to the point of ridicule. It is bad enough to have a bad and incompetent Government but the Government is subject to so much ridicule that it not even able to fill the vacant places. It is a bit like having a team on the pitch when a man must go off but-----

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