Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

Last week we were asked if the Minister for Finance would make a statement in the House following the announcement of the results of the stress tests on the banks. This issue was raised by Deputy Lenihan during the Order of Business this time last week. On that occasion, I agreed that time would be given in the House, once the stress tests were announced, for the Minister for Finance to make a statement and that is what is being done here. The results are being announced by the Central Bank at 4.30 p.m. The proposal is that the Minister for Finance will make a statement in the House at 4.45 p.m. and that the Opposition spokespersons will have an opportunity to respond to that statement. Those arrangements are set out in the proposal before us.

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