As has been mentioned, I am acutely aware of the situation in Aer Lingus. I share the concerns expressed on all sides of the House and agree with Senator Manning, Senator Haughey and others who are asking for a debate. It is known that the Minister will meet with the board of Aer Lingus tomorrow. Following that meeting I am sure we can arrange an opportunity to debate the problems there. It is not a local issue; our national airline is part of our national economy. I suggest we await the outcome of tomorrow's meeting before we have a debate on it.
Senator Manning asked about Bills that would be taken this session. We circulated what we could to the Party Leaders and Whips — the Irish Land Commission (Dissolution) Bill, 1989, the one we are debating at the moment; the Roads Bill, the Solicitors (Amendment) Bill, the Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Bill, the Criminal Justice Bill, the Finance (No. 2) Bill, the Appropriation Bill and the Unfair Dismissals Bill. They are the Bills I know at this stage that we will be taking, but as we go along I will keep the House informed of other Bills we will be dealing with.
With regard to the Milk (Regulation of Supply) (No. 2) Bill, 1991, which was mentioned by several Senators today, I have written to the Department and am awaiting a reply in regard to the technical reasons we are not dealing with the Bill at the moment.
With regard to the Law Reform Commission report on libel and defamation, that is something we can deal with in the future.
Senator O'Toole and others asked about next week's business. We will definitely be sitting three days next week; more than likely those days will be Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The situation is fluid in the other House at present. It is changing with each Order of Business and I await the outcome of the week. My understanding is that we will certainly be sitting Wednesday, Thursday and Friday next week, with the possibility of a Saturday sitting as well.
Senator Norris and others mentioned last week's debate on the economy and jobs. I have always maintained that that is an ongoing situation and I see several more opportunities for us to come back on it. I understand the Senators concern that, because speeches had not a time limit on them, there was not sufficient time for everyone to contribute. From now on we will put time limits on speeches to ensure that as many people as possible may contribute on whatever item is being discussed.
We will have the Green Paper on Education tomorrow. The Minister will open the debate at 10.30 a.m. I will be suggesting 15 minutes for the main spokespersons and ten minutes for speakers with the Minister coming back to this House after Question Time in the Dáil. The Minister hopes to be here between 4 p.m. and 4.15 p.m. and we will sit until 5 p.m. That is a suggestion. If the House feels that we need longer, that is open for consideration. I would like to see as many people as possible contributing to that debate because there is a lot of interest in it.
I would like to inform Senator Neville that Motion No. 41 will be taken in the near future.