Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail)

There should be an emergency debate in this House prior to the recess. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Cowen, will be assuming the Presidency of the European Union from 1 January and will have tremendous influence as regards the Israelis. However, they have turned down the United States of America which has withdrawn $290 million in loans from Israel because it was being used to build this new Berlin wall.