It is proposed to take business in the following order: Nos. 1, 11, 14, 15, 16 and 17. Private Member's Business will be taken between 6.0 p.m. and 7.30 p.m.
Order of Business.
Would the Taoiseach tell us if this means that the Government propose to withdraw Nos. 2 and 3 on the Order Paper, that is to say, the Third Amendment of the Constitution Bill and the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution Bill?
No.
When does he propose to inflict them upon the country?
The House will be informed in the course of the announcement of the Order of Business in due course.
That is a typical Civil Service reply which the Taoiseach is well practised in giving.