Darragh O'Brien (Fianna Fail)

I ask the Leader to request the Tánaiste to come to the House to clarity the position and state whether the programme for Government still stands.

As the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Richard Bruton, will be in the House to take the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011, I propose an amendment to the Order of Business that we allow him 30 minutes to update us on the Government's response in the ongoing dispute at Lagan Brick in Kingscourt. The employees who number more than 20 have been on strike for nearly six months and we have heard nothing from the Government on what is being done to assist them. As the discussion on the Competition (Amendment) Bill should not continue too long, I suggest the Leader provide 20 or 30 minutes to allow the Minister to discuss the serious issue of workers' rights and how the workers are being treated at Lagan Brick.