David Norris (Independent)

Will the Leader ask the Minister, if he is not able to come to the House, to answer two specific questions? The Minister indicated that democracy was under threat and there was a threat to public safety. If he is not able to come to the House I ask the Leader to inquire of him as to the nature of that threat to the State. The Minister has not spelled that out. In what manner was it properly addressed by his action? We are entitled to know.

I ask the Leader to continue the series of debates on Iraq. Cindy Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq, is outside the gates of this building today. We discussed the aeroplanes that passed through Shannon Airport and she told me she would personally sink a hatchet into any aeroplane that she thought might be carrying a boy like her son off to be murdered by George Bush. We must bear that in mind while we press for information on the aeroplanes that still stop at Shannon Airport.