Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Government is trying to rush through the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill tomorrow. We have been waiting three years - six years since the crisis - to have a discussion on a proper stimulus, so we need to get this right. The programme for Government promised a strategic investment bank but this Bill falls far short of that. We have been arguing that the banks, and the State bank, lending to the real economy is an important piece of setting the economy on an upward track. It is not good enough for the Government to try to rush through this important Bill. It is important and crucial for some SMEs and for the economy and it deserves proper time for scrutiny and improvement. It should not be dealt with in a single day. We object to all Stages of the Bill being taken tomorrow.

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