I wish to ask the President if he is here—or perhaps the Minister for Finance could answer now or at a later stage—to give the Dáil some indication as to what is the Government's intention as regards legislation and Estimates.
We have a long list of Bills, some of them of very great importance, and no doubt of very great length, suggested to us as requisite to be passed. Since that time we have had quite a number of suggestions of new Bills. I believe it will be convenient to the Dáil to know whether we are expected to sit right through the year, month after month, without any relaxation or interval, or whether it is intended that there shall be some adjournments. Deputies would like to know a month or two ahead. I think, and as far as one can see, the prospect is to sit week after week and year after year until the year 1953, according to the legislative programme, if we are to give any reasonable consideration to these projects. There is, undoubtedly, a very big programme before the Dáil. If the Government intends to press forward this long string of legislative proposals, and I hope they are considering their budget of time as well as their money Budget, then the Dáil should be informed as to what their wishes and intentions are regarding the legislative year.