Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

No, funnily not. It is just the usual textual tidying up that happens at the conclusion of the drawing up of a document. This remains to be done and I undertake to give the Opposition spokespersons a copy as early as I can tomorrow morning. However, the reason for the delay in furnishing them with copies is that much textual work went on in the document over the last 24 hours and final approval for the actual text was secured at the Cabinet meeting today. However, my point is that while the document was shown at the conclusion of the discussions to the representatives of the international organisations with the authority of the Government, it was not shown to them for the purpose of eliciting their views on any possible amendment. It is the Government's own view in respect of the four-year period.

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