Paul Coghlan (Fine Gael)

I wish to pick up on the remarks of Senators Fitzgerald, O'Toole and Alex White. There is no doubt that the country is looking for leadership, which naturally must come from the Taoiseach and the Government. We are all stakeholders in this matter. As I said yesterday, we are all playing for the one team and wearing the jersey for Ireland. Senator O'Toole reminded us of the trade union movement's wonderful idea in being prepared to organise a recovery bond of €2 billion. I have no doubt the private sector would do likewise and we would all encourage it to do so. That is something very practical and wonderful to which people would love to subscribe in the national effort in which we are all engaged.

The serious point for us as Members of this House is that an options document exists. It is wholly wrong that it is not available to us. Yesterday evening we had a debate on the economy in the absence of that document, which was very stupid and a little crazy. I presume the Dáil will go on to do the same today. We all welcome the engagement involving the social partners. No one is knocking that. In fact we are all positively in favour of it. There must be a variation of that document that could be made available to Parliament, because we are equally stakeholders with the entire community in what we need to work through to save our country. A Chathaoirligh——