Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

Will the Tánaiste clarify some dates for the House? When I asked the Taoiseach last week about the date on which the House would rise for the summer recess, I understood him to say the Government's proposal was for 8 July. Has the Government made a decision as to when the House will resume sittings after the summer recess? Has it decided on a date for the budget? Has it decided a date or a week for by-elections, elections for a directly elected mayor for Dublin or referenda?

In today's the Irish Independent, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government was attributed to saying that the election for the Dublin mayor will be held in October. The Tánaiste has just said the setting of such a date is a matter for that Minister. It appears, whether the Government knows it, he has already decided on a date. Will the Tánaiste clarify this list of dates I have raised?

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