Thomas Byrne (Fianna Fail)

One of the Ministers is not correct. One claimed there was an avoidance of a referendum while the other said there was not. The Minister of State, Deputy Creighton, should attend the House to tell us the truthful position.

We also need the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, who has given the truthful position, in response to parliamentary questions from Deputy Michael McGrath and Sinn Féin, that the sale of State assets is Fine Gael policy which it is happy to do of its own volition. The Minister should tell the Senators on his own side the truthful position.