Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I will be helpful to the Ceann Comhairle. The Whips meeting is a normal and formal meeting and the Government determines the business despite requests from Fine Gael, the Labour Party, Deputy Ó Caoláin or any other party. Deputy Burton referred to the fact that the Commission is publishing a document. Her question was whether that document would be laid before the House for discussion. The answer to that should be "Yes". That is not a matter for discussion among the Whips. It is a matter about which the deputy Head of Government should be able to say "Yes, of course this will come before the House to be discussed".

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