Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

It is a brief point. The Minister of State indicated at the outset in his contribution that the 5 p.m. meeting this evening was not set following on from the decision of the High Court this morning but that it had been preset and he has re-confirmed this. Does he not believe, given the seriousness and importance of the judgment issued this morning by Mr. Justice Kearns in the High Court, that the Government should have brought forward the meeting to address the matter seriously and expeditiously?

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