Liam Twomey (Fine Gael)

Members should wake up to what is happening. The House should have regular debates on the economy.

I ask the Leader to consider the possibility of using his party's Private Members' motion next week to discuss the issue of the Lisbon treaty. For many ordinary people, one of its most important features will be the Charter of Fundamental Rights. I have been surprised that many of those who oppose the treaty do not make more of this issue because it is a matter that should be debated at length in the House. As time is against Members, the Leader should give consideration to allowing his party to use its Private Members' time purely to debate the Charter of Fundamental Rights.