There is still no agreement between the government parties and the opposition on the format for tomorrow's Dail exchanges on payments to the Taoiseach in the early 1990s.
Contacts continued throughout the day between officials representing Bertie Ahern and the PD leader, Michael McDowell, on the terms of the statement the Taoiseach is due to make.
Mr McDowell has denied suggestions he has already done a deal with Mr Ahern.
The Minister for Transport, Martin Cullen, has insisted that the Taoiseach did nothing wrong in accepting an £8,000 payment from businessmen in Manchester.
Meetings of the Fianna Fáil and PD parliamentary parties tomorrow evening are likely to take discussions on the controversy beyond the Dáil session.
Earlier, the Tánaiste, Michael McDowell, backed calls for sufficient time to be allowed for the Dáil debate.
Mr McDowell said he believed it would be better to provide enough time, rather than spend an hour arguing about why it had not been given.
Opposition demanding question time
The Labour Party has rejected the latest Government proposals on arrangements for the debate.
The party's Chief Whip, Emmet Stagg, said the proposal was that the 35 minutes of statements would stand and that the 21 minutes of Leaders' Questions afterwards would be devoted to questions from all members of the House.
A series of ministers over the weekend indicated in interviews that more time might be needed for questions and answers, which the Opposition is demanding.
Fine Gael Leader Enda Kenny has said all political parties, including the PDs, should be given the opportunity to ask questions regarding payments made to Mr Ahern in 1993 and 1994.
Mr Kenny says he would like to see PD representatives asking Mr Ahern questions so that accountability could be seen to be delivered in full and in public.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dermot Ahern, has said he has no doubt that the Government will continue its full term in the wake of the controversy over the payments.
Dermot Ahern said he agreed with the sentiments of the Tánaiste whom he said had indicated over the weekend that a sense of proportion was needed over the issue.
Speaking on RTÉ Radio's Morning Ireland, Fiona O'Malley, Energy Spokesperson for the Progressive Democrats, said Mr Ahern needed to be 'utterly comprehensive' in his explanation.
Also speaking on Morning Ireland, Fine Gael's Environment Spokesperson Fergus O'Dowd said it was important that adequate time be given to the issue in the Dáil.
The controversy over Mr Ahern receiving monies from friends and supporters refuses to go away, with the focus now on his statement about the £8,000 he got in Manchester in 1994.
Over the weekend, it was confirmed over the weekend that Mr Ahern has written cheques for more than €90,000, to repay, with interest, the money he says was lent to him by a group of friends in the early 1990s.
