Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)

In good order. The Tánaiste has a very important function in Bunbeg on Saturday night. She might be making an announcement on the forthcoming Údarás na Gaeltachta elections. Fianna Fáil used to love elections but it no longer likes them. It does not like general elections, by-elections or Údarás elections. When will the Údarás na Gaeltachta Bill come before the House? The elections are due this year and we have to start planning for them. If they will not take place, a regulation will have to come before the House. The Tánaiste might have a cake in Bunbeg on Saturday night for my colleague, Deputy McGinley, whose birthday it is this week. I would like the Tánaiste to have a little cake for him.

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