Has the Government any plans to introduce legislation to increase the number of venues in which couples can celebrate a civil marriage, given today's media coverage of the huge number of women who are going to take the advantage of the leap day to propose marriage . . .?

- Ms Breeda Moynihan-Cronin (Labour) to the Taoiseach, amid laughter

Does the Taoiseach think that it would be right for a deputy such as Deputy (Denis) Foley, who is an undischarged tax evader, to be a Fianna Fail candidate at the next election?

- The Fine Gael leader, Mr John Bruton

What happens to Denis Foley ultimately is a matter for the party's national executive and his constituency organisation and will also depend on the findings of the (Moriarty) report.

- The Taoiseach, Mr Ahern