Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

We do not agree to a recess until 29 September. This is, of course, almost a ritual on the last sitting day of each pre-summer term. From our point of view the date the Dáil will reconvene is not an issue. This is not about a recess. We do not want the Government back, but a dissolution of this Dáil. The problem is not the length of time the Dáil will go into recess for the summer, but the Government that holds office over the State. That it would not return is the best answer we could get today. It should agree to a dissolution because it has no mandate.

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