Diarmuid Wilson (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

When will the Leader invite the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Hogan, to the House to discuss the alleged reform in the local government document Putting Labour First? It is important that this document should be discussed. It is also important that the review of the local electoral areas be published as soon as possible, and not next summer. It is intended to publish it by the end of June 2013, but that is an outrage. Perhaps the Leader can give some clarification on that.

I join with Senator Landy in requesting that the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, who is also the Minister for Defence and has responsibility for closures, attend the House to discuss the future of the Defence Forces and, in particular, the Reserve Defence Forces.