May I ask the Minister again—an entirely new matter — what was the attitude of the Central Review Committee in the talks to the request by parents in the community and comprehensive sector for representation in education of a formal kind. Furthermore, will the Minister say whether at the talks the issue of her proposals to declare approximately 95 people redundant on 20 May — because of her withdrawal of the contract of the Department of Education from Bus Éireann in four counties — was discussed?

Please, Deputy. He is injecting new information into this matter which is completely out of order.

You have disallowed my Private Notice Question, a Cheann comhairle.

That may be so, Deputy, but it is not in order now.

You did suggest to me, on the Order of Business, I might raise this matter by way of supplementary, and it is relevant.

It is hardly relevant now, Deputy.

The Minister will not be here before she has sent 95 people out of their jobs.

I am sorry. I have given the Deputy some latitude, I must now ask the Minister to reply.

The Deputy asked in the earlier part of his question whether parents would be involved in the talks——

No, they made a submission through the Minister for consideration by the Central Review Committee and I asked the Minister if they had discussed those proposals.

All matters in my Department which would be appropriate to these discussions and their fruitful delivery, are conveyed by my officials who are attending the talks. The Deputy can take it that parents' views would be regarded as of paramount importance.

I am calling Deputy Quill.

A Cheann Comhairle, the Minister has not answered my question.

I have called Deputy Quill.

The Minister has not——

Please, Deputy Higgins, I must ask you to resume your seat and allow questions to proceed in an orderly fashion. I have given the Deputy a lot of latitude——

You have, a Cheann Comhairle.

He does not seem to appreciate it.

I do appreciate it, a Cheann Comhairle.

Deputy Quill has been called; I must insist. The Deputy will leave the House if he persists. The Deputy will now leave the House.

Reluctantly I have to——

Yes, indeed.

——because of the attitude of the Minister for Education to employment in the public sector.

Deputy Higgins withdrew from the Chamber.