Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

The Bill is being introduced in the Seanad today. While I did not hear directly what Deputy Fahey said, he made the point on the basis of being able to call the election at an appropriate time. As a Government, we are setting out a substantive legislative programme for the greater part of this session. This work needs to be completed and runs in parallel with an expeditious conducting of the finance Bill.

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