Gilmore 'will withdraw motion' if Finance Bill fast-tracked

The Labour Party has said it would facilitate the fast-tracking of the Finance Bill to facilitate an earlier election.

Party Leader Eamon Gilmore has said that if the Government commits to progressing the Bill through the Dáil by the end of the week, the Labour Party's motion of no confidence in the Government will not go ahead on Tuesday night.

He said: "We would need to know by lunchtime tomorrow that the Government intends to move the Finance Bill and have the Finance Bill enacted this coming week. We would cooperate with that.

"That would mean then that the Dáil could be dissolved at the end of this coming week to allow a General Election to take place."