Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)

The Minister for Finance is proposing to have a questions and answers session tomorrow on the banking statements, but it will only last one hour. Given the large number of Members from all sides of the House who have contributed on the debate, will the Taoiseach consider providing a minimum of two hours, seeing as how a number of important changes have occurred since the Minister made his statement on banking? As the Taoiseach stated, the Government has identified that the €31 billion in promissory notes in respect of Anglo Irish Banks and the other institutions are to be treated as a "mortgage". That was the Taoiseach's word. This means we will have €1.5 billion in interest per year for ten years.

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