Will the Taoiseach tell us whether the statement made in his maiden speech by Deputy Gregory in relation to an agreement between him and the Taoiseach was an accurate description of the agreement arrived at between them?

Any discussions which I may have had with any Deputy, and I had discussions with several Deputies individually, are matters between the individual Deputies and myself. Now that Deputy Cluskey is back in the Dáil I will be interested to hear him deal with the "divvying-up" by his party of the European seats.

For the purpose of identifying the document in question — there seems to be some doubt about it in the Taoiseach's mind — will the Taoiseach say whether a document was drawn up by himself and Deputy Gregory and if that document was witnessed by Mr. Michael Mullen, General Secretary of the Irish Transport and General Workers Union? Will he confirm if such a document exists, and if it does, will he place it in the Library?

I have already indicated that any discussions which may have taken place between myself and Deputies — a number of such discussions took place on a number of aspects of Government policy — occurred at a time when I was not in a ministerial position. Such matters are between myself and the Deputies concerned. As far as I am concerned, any results of those discussions in so far as they affect Government policy and administration, will be elaborated on fully in the House in due course.