Paul Coghlan (Fine Gael)

I have asked the Leader about No. 5, the Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009, and No. 8, the Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009, twice in the recent past, but his answers on the two occasions conflicted somewhat. If the Leader is in a position to do so, will he state definitively whether it is suggested that these Bills will be amalgamated? How is it intended to proceed in respect of the two Bills?

The blockade at our national park, involving both the Muckross and Killarney jarveys, is receiving considerable publicity at present and is causing major disruption in the part of the world where I reside. Mediation is the only sensible route. Without discussing the rights or wrongs of the matter, if there is a request to the court, as there is, from the Killarney jarveys, not the Muckross jarveys-----