Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate that, a Cheann Comhairle. Thank you.

I wish to raise two matters, the first of which relates to the Revised Book of Estimates. After the announcement of the budget, the Revised Book of Estimates for 2016 was presented to the previous Dáil. Is there to be a further Revised Book of Estimates or will individual Estimates be prepared? Obviously, there must be a unified debate in the House on the overall Estimates. When will the Revised Book of Estimates, if there is to be one, be presented and when will we see the individual departmental Estimates?

My second question relates to Brexit and the worrying opinion poll findings yesterday that indicated that the margin between staying and leaving might be close. Given that this issue is of such importance to us, will the Taoiseach consider tabling an all-party motion next week in the House, one that would be signed not only by all of the parties but by all Deputies also, calling on Irish voters and those with Irish connections in the United Kingdom who have an entitlement to vote, as well as UK citizens living in this jurisdiction, to vote in favour of the United Kingdom remaining in the European Union and explaining in a debate how that would be in our strategic interests?

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