No. I have a significant issue with that. I am been informed by both our Whip and party that there has been absolutely no consultation with anybody regarding the restoration of the Bills. That has been dictated by the Government side alone in terms of what Bills are to be restored. Given the spirit of the new Dáil and what we are meant to be about, there should be consultation with all of the House as to what is to be prioritised. The Labour Party has significant issues with the Admission to Schools Bill. It has been unilaterally decided not to restore it. That is fair enough if the Minister has his position on that but there should have been consultation on what Bills should be brought back and what ones should not be. A business committee is about to be formed under Dáil reform. I would have thought it should have been brought together and that together the Members of the House would determine the priority as to what Bills should be restored and hear arguments as to which ones certain people may not want to have restored.

I agree. There has been much talk about ordering business in a different way and the agreement is that we are not going to do it through the old Whip system and that there will be a business committee which will set the agenda for the House.

There was no consultation with us in regard to what Bills were to be restored. As a precursor to having the business committee, that would have been the normal issue. We have tabled an amendment in the name of the Labour Party Whip to restore the school admissions Bill, but there might be other Bills which Deputies have in mind that have already begun the legislative process in the Houses. It would be useful if prior to the Government Whip simply determining what should be back on the Order Paper, which will probably determine the business for next week, there were some consultation with other parties, as will be the norm when the business committee is extant.

Before I call on the Taoiseach to respond, it was my clear and explicit understanding that all of the parties in opposition were asked if they wanted to recommit Bills and were invited to indicate the Bills they were to recommit. I am satisfied that every party in opposition was contacted and asked to submit their Bills.

That was Government Bills.

Yes. It is obviously a matter for the Government to respond in respect of that.

We are talking about the Government Bills. The education one is gone.

Can the Taoiseach clarify?

These Bills were ones which lapsed with the dissolution of the Dáil. The Deputies tell me there has been no consultation about those Bills coming back on the Order Paper nor has there been any consultation about the Private Members' Bills other parties wish to put on the Order Paper. I do not want to have a row about this. For instance, in respect of the school admissions Bill to which Deputy Howlin refers, the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Richard Bruton, has already indicated that a new admissions Bill will be introduced as part of the programme for Government and he is working on that.

I cannot hear the Taoiseach.

The Minister for Education and Skills has already pointed out that the programme for Government commits to a new admissions Bill and he is working on that. I do not want to have an unnecessary row about this. These were Bills that-----

Is the current Bill dropped? It had reached Second Stage.

It is not being put back as a restored Bill. The programme for Government commits to a new admissions Bill and the Minister is working on that. I assume that significant elements of the previous Bill will be included as there were some very good things included in it.

The Minister for Education and Skills does not agree with the Bill. He made that clear to our spokesperson ten minutes ago. People are entitled to different perspectives on legislation and I do not have an issue with that. It is legitimate, but we should be very straight up about it. It should not just disappear off the agenda suddenly. It was alerted to me about 25 minutes ago that there was an issue around the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill. Generally speaking, the Dáil and the business committee should be prioritising what Bills we think are important. We only have six weeks or so before the summer recess. It is 1 June now and we may have two months. Realistically speaking, what Bills are we going to get through in the next two months? Is it not within the capacity of the Oireachtas to decide three or four Bills that will definitely be progressed before the summer recess and take it after that?

To be helpful, I suggest that the Bills that have been listed today be accepted and that there would be further consultation. If further Bills are to be brought forward, they should be listed following discussion at the business committee.

I accept that. I said to Members yesterday that the Cabinet would have a memo next Wednesday on new legislation coming through from different Departments which we expect to be able to prioritise and get through. I accept the Ceann Comhairle's recommendation if the Members are agreeable. We will see that full consultation takes place in future.

Is the proposal for dealing with Nos. 5b and 5c on that basis agreed to? Agreed. Is the proposal for dealing with No. 5d agreed to? Agreed. Before I call Deputy Martin, I note that we have had very lengthy contributions on the Order of Business recently which have been more akin to those appropriate to Leaders' Questions or Questions to the Taoiseach. If we could keep them somewhat shorter, more Members could participate.