Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail)

Will the Leader of the House consider putting Senator Twomey's proposal relating to the Charter of Fundamental Rights on the Order Paper for Private Members' time next week? Next week could be a Lisbon reform treaty week in the House. Perhaps the Leader would agree that the issues we discussed yesterday could be debated on Thursday.

Those opposed to the Lisbon reform treaty rely on posters depicting three monkeys and Dustin the turkey to damage the "Yes" campaign. They are not using facts and figures and are not prepared to debate the reality of this situation. When there is a downturn in the economy the last thing we could want is to be outside the influence of the European Union and to lose our influence in it. One million jobs have been created here since 1973.