Mary White (Fianna Fail)

I wish to share my time with Senator Terry Leyden, with the permission of the House.

I welcome the Minister's speech. It is important that the Irish people get the message to the effect that nationalising Anglo Irish Bank is not just a question of saving the bank, but the country's banking system. In the past few weeks the Financial Times has made us look pathetic novices as regards the banking system and our governance of it.