Paschal Mooney (Fianna Fail)

I welcome our friend and colleague, the Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Killeen, and I also thank the Minister for Finance, Deputy Cowen, for taking time out of his busy schedule to address this motion in the House. It is very gratifying that a senior Minister should attend the House when his brief and Department are addressed, and I applaud the Minister for it.