Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

Deputy Higgins is so preoccupied with his litany of the ullogón that unfortunately he cannot see change when it happens. The first change is that this year, for the first time, we are sitting past the first week in July and will continue to sit until the end of next week. Second, we are having a sitting tomorrow, Friday - we do not normally have sittings on a Friday - and we are dealing with the Order of Business for tomorrow now. The business for tomorrow, Friday, is important legislative business which will require the attention of Members of the House. Change is happening. I am sorry to disappoint Deputy Higgins. We are meeting longer than the House has ever met and we are meeting tomorrow to deal with important legislative business.

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