Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

We outlined in the indicative schedule that the finance Bill would be completed by the first week of March. That is the indicative timetable, which gives an indication of what the timetable is. There is other legislation that will be taken in parallel, which is set out in the legislative programme we outlined. We have gone away from the A, B and C list and we have produced the list of legislation the Deputy's spokespersons can expect to deal with in this, the final term of the Dáil. It will obviously be in parallel with that we will seek to process the other legislation as well.

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