Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)

I appreciate that. I do not have a dispute with the Ceann Comhairle today.

The Taoiseach is not up to speed with the legislative programme of his Ministers. Three weeks ago the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, who is admittedly the Machiavelli of the Government with whom the Taoiseach will have a job keeping up, stated-----

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