No. I have been asked by a number of Members in my party to object to the fact Topical Issues has been removed from the Order of Business. I would point out that, over a 70 day period since Easter, the Dáil has only met on 18 days. Therefore, the time for Deputies to raise issues of significant concern has been extremely restricted and limited by dint of how the Government has ordered the affairs of the House in the past two months in particular, and this applies to Topical Issues, Leaders' Questions, Questions to the Taoiseach and so on. There has been, to a certain extent, a shutting down of the Dáil. I believe it is a deliberate strategy that the Taoiseach has been following for some time. The less time he spends in the Dáil, the better, from his and the Government's perspective in terms of media management, spinning and so on. That is my sense of it. Many Deputies wanted to raise matters under Topical Issues and felt that provision should have been made for them in order to enable them to raise issues of topical concern.

There is a deliberate strategy here. This is a very important matter of public interest and we are having a commission of investigation. The terms of reference were set out by the Government in draft form because of the importance of this and because of the necessity to have a clear, independent authority deal with this matter. The Minister for Finance sat down with the leaders and spokespersons from the parties opposite and took their proposals into account. He has shown, in my view, flexibility and consideration of the views genuinely presented by Members of the other parties. These are included in the terms of reference and, because this is such an issue of public importance, as has been said-----

I am not talking about that.

-----we have discussion today and tomorrow on it. For that reason, obviously, Deputy Martin and others will have the opportunity again on Topical Issues on many occasions.