Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

To comply with the Ceann Comhairle's patience, I propose that instead of No. 4, that the Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a statement for 15 minutes, we should have 90 minutes of questions and answers at the end of these statements. This way Members from all sides of the House can have the Minister for Finance, the Tánaiste and preferably the Taoiseach, who did not read this report either, appear before the House and answer questions that are fundamental to the financial security of our State, given our fragile position. If the Government does not have confidence in Irish Life & Permanent, whether or not any other regulatory authority was involved, it is a matter of the utmost State importance.

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