Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This is the return of the Estimates to the plenary session of the House. They were all discussed individually in committee, and party spokespersons and anybody else who wished had full entitlement to go to those discussions and ask any questions they wanted for as long as they wished. We are not going to have the same thing in here. They were discussed individually and in detail. I am not sure whether Deputy Martin's spokespersons turned up, but they had the opportunity to debate them at any length they wished in the place they should be debated in detail, namely, in committee.

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