Is this another example of the lack of interest of the present Government in the Cork area? Not only the dockyard but Irish Steel, B & I, every company in Cork is being decimated.

That is an argument, not a question. Question Time is now over.

It is two minutes to 3.30 — or three minutes.

I am going by that clock there. We will now move to the next item.

I would like to ask for a written reply to Question No. 22.

With your permission, Sir, could I raise on the Adjournment the subject matter of the Private Notice Question which was disallowed yesterday?

The Chair will communicate with the Deputy but would like to say to the Deputy, in case of any subsequent misunderstanding, that there was an arrangement, a sort of gentlemen's agreement, with one of the Minister's colleagues yesterday about another question which could not be taken yesterday.

Which Minister's colleague? We are not Ministers.

Sorry, the Deputy's colleague, Deputy Jimmy Leonard.

None of our watches indicates that it is 3.30 p.m..

It is a minute-and-a-half to 3.30 p.m. It may be that the clocks were wished forward because of the difficulties under which the Minister of State has been labouring for the past 45 minutes.

I am surprised at Deputy O'Malley. If Deputies wish me to take another question I will do so. Question No. 19.