Paul Coghlan (Fine Gael)

I welcome the statement from the Leader. We tried to tell her all week that it would be wrong to allow this House to plough on in the dark while the joint committee heard expert opinion and the Government drew up amendments. It demonstrates how wrong it was to guillotine the Bill on Committee Stage yesterday. I urge the Leader not to apply the guillotine again. I had never seen it used in this House before and it was inappropriate.

Iarnród Éireann is still failing to develop its services in the regions. The Government has adopted a policy of balanced regional development, but the people of County Kerry are often treated as second class citizens. We are already disadvantaged because of our peripheral position, but, added to that, there has been a total lack of catering services on trains in recent times.

The Leader promised that the Minister of State, Deputy Parlon, would come before the House to discuss the State audit of surplus property to be put on the market. Will she indicate when that might happen?