Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Title of the Bill includes the term "financial emergency" and we could not be more in tune with this debate than when discussing the Title of the Bill. Two or three observations come to mind. I am concerned that the Minister is essentially saying that, if we do not have the suite of old FEMPI legislation in place, the Lansdowne Road agreement will be torn up. That is the import of what he said. We have just come through the Lansdowne Road agreement, which I believe was a fairly negotiated agreement that was accepted by both sides-----