Will the Taoiseach, even at this late stage, move the date of the presidential election to a Friday to facilitate thousands of young people who are very aggrieved at being disenfranchised in this important election? - Mr Brendan Howlin (Labour).

I think that the date at this stage is fixed. I have to say that I am not too sure that the experiment in the summer (when the general election was held on a Friday) was a brilliant idea in a lot of respects. - Mr Ahern.

You are sitting over there. - The Labour leader, Mr Dick Spring, to Mr Ahern.