I am waiting to be assured of the time of the adjournment of the House. I have not got the exact information.
Committee on Finance. - Adjournment of Dáil.
On the matter of the adjournment of the House, may I enter a most emphatic protest against the utter impossibility of getting any indication from the Government about what business they will take and even what time they will sit? We were told some considerable time back that on tomorrow we would have the debate on the European Economic Community. We are now told that that is off. We are told there is a suggestion to take business on Thursday that is not even ordered for this week. The manner in which the business of the House has been muddled is quite impossible and, in fact, any previous complaints we have had against the Government are nothing compared with the muddle we have had in the past couple of weeks. Nobody knows where he is. It is time the Taoiseach made up his mind as to who will order the business of the House, and that that one person will be empowered to inform the Whips of the Opposition Parties what the business is and what the hours are. Even the Ceann Comhairle does not know now what hours we will sit tomorrow. There has never been such chaos, in my period in this House anyway.
Mr. O'Malley
I understand discussions take place among the Whips on these matters.
They used to take place. The Government Chief Whip would come in with a coherent arrangement, but now, apparently, about six different Ministers are given six different instructions. The Taoiseach's orders are under debate perhaps; I do not know. There is something behind the scenes that the Government do not know. It is utterly impossible to carry on the business of the House as it is. All we got last week was an untruth from a person sitting behind where the Minister for Education is now sitting.
Mr. O'Malley
The Deputy will have to take into account the filibuster on the Marts Bill.
There was no filibuster on the Marts Bill.
The Dáil adjourned at 6.35 p.m. until 3 p.m. on Wednesday, 5th July, 1967.