Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

First, I apologise for the fact that I was not at the meeting at 1.30 p.m. It certainly was not deliberate. I was, as the Ceann Comhairle stated, at Cabinet and there was no intention to collapse anything. Notwithstanding what others have stated, I wish to make a suggestion. Can we agree the Order of Business until 5.17 p.m. today? The House could carry on until we have our meeting at 4 p.m. when we can agree what we want to do from Topical Issues thereafter. I know I may have changes to make to the Order of Business for tomorrow and Thursday arising from the potential establishment of a tribunal. It would mean that we would not go dark. We could carry on with questions to the Taoiseach and perhaps questions to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Zappone, until we decide what we are doing.

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