I understand members of the media were briefed by the Secretary General and other staff of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on the contents of the Croke Park extension deal for an hour yesterday. Out of respect for the House, does the Taoiseach have any intention to brief the Opposition on the contents and implications of the deal too? I would have thought that would have been the first priority for the officials in the Department rather than briefing the media.

As the Deputy is aware, the document is a Labour Relations Commission document. It was published in full yesterday. The commission has experts available in respect of the minute detail of any aspect of its paper. The unions are now in receipt of the document. They will consider it and ballot their members in the tradition that each union adopts. If Deputy Pringle has any particular queries on the deal, I am sure the Department will be happy to answer them in so far as it can.

If the Department can brief the media, then it can brief the Opposition too.