Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I object to the Order of Business in its current form. I propose an amendment to it, that the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Bill 2009 be suspended at 6.30 p.m. for the purpose of allowing the Minister for Defence to make a statement and to have a short period thereafter for question time. I propose also that, on the conclusion of the Adjournment debate, the Dáil would sit for a further 30 minutes to hear statements and questions in respect of the death of the Stability and Growth Pact and the regime that Europe now intends to put in place in respect of countries in serious financial difficulties.

Since 1964, some 11 Ministers have resigned from this House for one reason or another. I find it truly astonishing that two months after an issue in respect of a Cabinet Minister became public knowledge the Taoiseach did nothing about it. This is a matter of the most serious import. This is as much about the Taoiseach, his standards and what he oversees in his Cabinet as it is about anyone else. From that point of view, I find it completely unsatisfactory that in a situation where it is clear that a member of the Cabinet submitted a sworn affidavit that he subsequently said was false, he still continues in Cabinet-----

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