Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

No, the Deputy is wrong on both counts. He can make all the assertions he likes but he is wrong on both counts. The point was that he asked what the Government's position was on a judgment that had issued that morning before it had an opportunity to meet. The idea that the Government, the Minister, Deputy Gormley, or anyone else could come in and tell the House what the Government's position was before it had met seems premature.

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