Deputies Ruairi Quinn and Eamonn Gilmore and De Rossa get latitude . . . I always get cut off. - Mr Joe Higgins (Socialist Party) to the Ceann Comhairle, Mr Seamus Pattison, on the Order of Business.

The deputy gets plenty of latitude. - Mr Pattison.

Why is it that, according to a survey, 46 per cent of men were unwilling to learn about information technology and only 20 per cent of women? - The Fine Gael leader, Mr John Bruton.

Women are more adaptable. - The Minister for Public Enterprise, Ms O'Rourke.