Paudie Coffey (Fine Gael)

Issues of national importance should be discussed in this House and in the Lower House, where publicly elected representatives who are accountable to the citizens of this country can query and analyse these announcements. This is the last day of the term of the Dáil and the plan will not be analysed in a parliamentary way, which is a disgrace. We hear the Taoiseach calling for national effort and co-operation, yet he goes off on these solo runs. The position is the same with the Lisbon treaty. Is it any wonder the country is in the state it is in?