Feargal Quinn (Independent)

If we in this House are to find our way, we must earn our keep. We have done so to a certain extent today. I thank the Leader for arranging for the House to sit today because it has not sat for a number of weeks. We are meeting in order to pass the Construction Contracts Bill which I hope we will pass today. I appreciate the Leader's response to my request that we do so. I do not understand, however, why we will not be meeting in the next few weeks. The Constitution provides that a vote will not take place for almost two months, yet it is not planned to meet in the intervening period. Senator O'Toole has mentioned to me that we have not yet seen the programme for Government, which is exactly what we should be debating. That is how we will earn our keep.