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Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: Just bear with me. It has come out today with a different set of scenarios.

Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: I am asking the Government that if it is going-----

Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: The Tánaiste just said that the Government is meeting on Monday and Tuesday-----

Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: -----to set out its figures.

Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: Yes.

Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: No. The Tánaiste said that the Government is meeting on Monday and Tuesday to finalise the figures. I am asking if, in the course of the debate, the Government can confirm now that either before or during the debate it will give us its indicative figures. Second, can I ask the Tánaiste if before the debate commences the Minister for Finance, who is present, will publicly indicate whether...

Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: No, these are important ground rules.

Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: Will the Government make an arrangement-----

Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: -----then for the Opposition-----

Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: -----finance spokespeople to meet the Minister for Finance before the debate so that we can get this information supplied to us?

Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: Remember that consensus is about sharing information so that we can make reasonable decisions.

Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: The Government and the Minister, Deputy Gormley, wanted consensus.

Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: Consensus is about the sharing of reliable information.

Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: Can I ask the Tánaiste a third question about next week? At the end of the debate will the Government agree to take questions for a period of an hour or two in order to refine and give the Opposition and the citizens of this country knowledge about the plan with which the Government is going to Brussels the week afterwards? That is just simple information not particularly for the...

Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: I have a second issue that I want to raise.

Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: It is a much happier issue. The weekend after next is Hallowe'en. No. 36 on the Government's legislative programme is the sale of alcohol Bill. There are two issues in this respect. The first one relates to home deliveries. The Minister has promised to include in that legislation restrictions on home deliveries to under age drinkers.

Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: There is no mechanism in place in that respect.

Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: The second issue is that the Minister for Justice and Law Reform-----

Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: -----has promised for ten years that there would be identification of who sells alcohol and information on where the alcohol originates on bottle labels.

Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: Will the Tánaiste tell us when this legislation will come before the House?