Frances Fitzgerald (Fine Gael)

Will the Leader clarify how the banking scheme and regulations debate will be dealt with in the House? The Dáil will deal with it between 10.30 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. on Friday. Senators would like the Minister for Finance to be present during the debate. Rather than pressing an amendment to the Order of Business, will the Leader clarify, either this morning or tomorrow morning, how it will be dealt with?

Every Senator will have an opportunity to speak on the budget but it can be said unequivocally that the Government is using every taxpayer in the country to bail it out of the bad decisions and mismanagement we have seen in the past ten years.