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Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: I promise not to interrupt myself in the course of my contribution. We are facing what is probably the greatest single test of the European Union and its institutions since their inception. The eurozone territories are assailed on all sides by greedy and well directed speculators who have only one objective, namely, to prise one country - it does not matter which - out of the monetary...

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: I encourage interruptions. I have been listening to Deputy O'Brien in recent days and he would be well-----

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: I will not waste the time remaining. I ask the Acting Chairman not to interrupt me because that makes it even worse for me. In a debate as important as this, it is a sad reflection on our democracy that we have only six or seven minutes to make our contribution in the national Parliament. I challenge any comer on the other side of the House to deny that whatever submissions were made in the...

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Acting Chairman for his intervention on my behalf in the course of my contribution.

Tourism Promotion (19 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: It could be a blood sport all right.

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: The Government is no greater than they were.

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Everything was right up to that.

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: We know the Minister of State is well disposed but there is no need to show it.

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: The Minister of State should not be stunned because it does not sit well on him.

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Maybe he was concerned.

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: He is concerned about the performance of the Government to date.

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: We thank the Minister of State for his health warning.

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: We will agree to that. The Minister of State should look around him.

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: That is because there was no consultation with this House, which the Minister of State well knows.

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Seven minutes is very short for a debate of this importance.

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: That was then, when the country was being well run and there was transparency and accountability.

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Acting Chairman-----

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: On a point of order, if the Minister of State can rise no higher than to call a Member of the Opposition an ass, could I ask him to withdraw it before he goes any further?

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Can I ask the Minister of State to withdraw-----

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: On a point of order-----

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