James Bannon (Fine Gael)

I welcome the fact that Senator Mansergh noticed that more than 100 farmers visited the House yesterday. They were angry and felt let down by this Government's attempt to put them out of business.

Is there a precedent for the resignation of a Minister who misled this House? The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government misled the House when he responded to my Adjournment motion on the nitrates directive on 14 December 2005. He said he had the full support of farming organisations for the signing and implementation of the action plan.