Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am afraid we are a bit stretched at the moment. The Tánaiste is representing me in Vienna so I have not had the chance to speak to him today. However, he intends to give the briefing on Thursday. We cannot do it any sooner because we need the European Commission briefings, which will be available to us tomorrow. The request Deputy Chambers makes is entirely reasonable and I am sure the Tánaiste, the Minister of State, Deputy McEntee, or I will be available during the first week after the Dáil returns to give a further briefing to Oireachtas Members. It should be borne in mind that the last meeting of the European Commission's seminars on this matter will take place on 19 January and anything we do must be consistent with what is done at European level.

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