Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, United Left) | Oireachtas source

I am requesting a deferral of that Topical Issue matter to Tuesday, 20 January 2015, as the Minister and both Ministers of State are not available to take the matter today. I wish to put on the record the fact that quite frequently Ministers are not turning up or cannot turn up. The idea of Topical Issue matters is that such matters can be taken up with the relevant Ministers. It is something we should look at.

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