We will facilitate all the other requests in the order they come in.

I want to make it clear that at every meeting of the Business Committee statements are requested on a variety of issues. To give the Government its due, it has tried to facilitate all those requests over a period of time. If the Whip is saying he will do it the week after next, we can take him at his word.

I doubt there is a Deputy in this House who would suggest that statements on higher and further education this Thursday are more pressing than statements on special education.

I would suspect that they are all pressing issues-----

Exactly.

-----and that the people looking to go to higher education and wanting to know what their future is-----

There is a particular issue in the country that the Ceann Comhairle will appreciate. The issue is that SNA allocations have yet to be announced and I understand that may happen at 3 p.m. today. School places have still not been found and there is an issue around the Minister of State with responsibility for special education and inclusion's dealings with this issue. This week is the week for us to deal with it. There will be no sitting next week and waiting two weeks is just not acceptable to us.

Deputy Bríd Smith is indicating.

No, a Cheann Comhairle. I was just asking for a glass of water. I have nothing to say.

For the first time ever.

That is most unusual, Deputy Smith. Is the proposal for dealing with this week's business agreed to?

No. Vótáil.