Donie Cassidy (Fianna Fail)

Senators Fitzgerald, O'Toole, Alex White, Boyle, Coghlan, Bacik, Regan, MacSharry, de Búrca, Healy Eames, Norris, Twomey, Kelly, Donohoe and Ross expressed their views on the legislation we will consider this evening. As Senator Ross correctly noted, the Bill will seek our approval for a two year term to recover from the global economic crisis that faces every country. It is not an indefinite period. The legislation gives confidence to many of the people I know who are creating jobs and providing employment. Over the weekend, these people were very concerned.

I advise Senator Healy Eames that the banks in which she has deposited her money are fully guaranteed because she does not have €100,000 on deposit, just as I do not. Both of us are adequately covered in that regard.