John McGuinness

It is now 4.35 p.m. so we will not have time to go into Questions Nos. 23 to 39, inclusive. That therefore concludes Taoiseach's Questions.

We have dealt with Questions Nos. 1 to 22, inclusive. We are due to finish at 4.38 p.m. It is now 4.35 p.m. We will not conclude Questions Nos. 23 to 39. We will suspend while we are waiting for the Minister.

I thank the Minister.

Order, please.

Order, please.

Deputy Cummins, please.

Order, please. The Minister should be showing a good example.

For the information of the House, Deputy Brian Brennan has been appointed to the Committee on Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight and the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform, to replace the Minister of State, Deputy Frank Feighan, on both committees.

Please conclude the answer, Tánaiste, and move on.

The Deputy should conclude.

I ask Deputy Tóibín to resume his seat.

Resume your seat, Deputy Tóibín.

I ask the Deputy to resume his seat.

I ask Deputy Tóibín to resume his seat. I am chairing the session, not you.

The Minister should conclude.

The Minister should resume his seat. I call Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan.

I ask the Deputy to conclude.

Is the Bill opposed?

The Bill is not being opposed.

It is not being opposed.

Since this is a Private Members' Bill, Second Stage must, under Standing Orders, be taken in Private Members' time.

We are at this point in our development as a country because we had no regard for reform or for strategy in the last 20 years. We are now talking about the investment that we are going to make but I want to know what is going to happen to the projects that require the funding and need to be taken out of the bureaucratic mess they are in. The completion of the ring road in Kilkenny is absolutely es…

That is a matter for the Business Committee.

If you continue on, you are wasting time. Go ahead, Deputy Coppinger.

It is you who has the floor.