Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

No, a Cheann Comhairle. The question I wished to raise, if you had done me the courtesy of waiting until I had asked it, is about ordering the business of the House. The Tánaiste says the working group on mortgages and home protection will report to Government by the end of June. Since the Government proposes to put the House into recess at the beginning of July, when will the House have an opportunity to consider the outcome of the group's deliberations? Will we have to wait until after the summer recess before the Government brings its proposals to the House? Where stand those people who find themselves being brought before the courts for home repossession in the meantime? With respect, a Cheann Comhairle, that is a question that is perfectly in order for the Order of Business.

I wish to ask another couple of questions which, I submit to you in advance, are also in order. The first is about the report on the Dublin Docklands Development Authority. This report was on the desk of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government for five months.

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