Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

We accept that the House is back and the expectation is to deal with the finance Bill but if the Taoiseach thinks he can include items of legislation here and there and find some justification or extenuating reason to link it to the budget and the EU-IMF deal and hold on in the hope that something will turn up, he has another thing coming. The Labour Party will not accept that.

What is the timetable? When does the Taoiseach expect the finance Bill will be enacted and when will the Dáil be dissolved so that we will have the general election the Minister told us we would have before the end of January?

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