Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)

He has talked about a process he created in order to give himself some cover and now he will not give any answers. Has the draft report been seen by him or the officials in his Department? That was my first question. Does it deal with IRFU's concerns and the RTE issue? I will quote the Minister as he seems to be suffering from amnesia. On 25 August he said he expected to come back to his Government colleagues early in the autumn with the analysis done followed by a further lengthy debate on the issue and a decision fairly quickly. He is no longer talking about a lengthy debate but going straight to Brussels. It seems the Minister is wavering on this. He made a decision and an announcement but he has been rowing back from that decision. He should answer the questions that people want answered.

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