Tá an t-am caite. Caithfimid deireadh a chur leis.

I wish to respond to Deputy MacSharry. He comes in here with this issue all of the time. I did not see him at the Leader function in the Sligo Park Hotel the other night-----

That is true.

-----where people from all over Sligo presented in a very optimistic and positive way the work they are doing-----

I did not have time to pay homage to the Taoiseach, I had to work for my constituents.

-----and the people they are employing right out through Enniscrone, out beyond Benbulbin, Rathcormac and everywhere else.

The Taoiseach should give them more money.

There was no sign of Deputy MacSharry. Deputies McLaughlin and Scanlon were there but there was no sign of Deputy MacSharry.

I did not have time for a photocall.

The Deputy's father, former Deputy Ray MacSharry, would have been there right up in the front seat to hear the Taoiseach give a dissertation about how well Sligo is doing.

Bhí sé i mBaile Átha Cliath.

Go raibh maith agat, a Thaoisigh.

I ask the Deputy not to not give me that every week he comes into the House.

Sin deireadh le-----

I will. For as many weeks as the Taoiseach has left, I definitely will.

Deputy MacSharry should have been there.

Sin deireadh le ceisteanna ar reachtaíocht atá geallta.