Nicky McFadden (Fine Gael)

I rise to ask the Deputy Leader, who has a very strong conscience, about Mr. Eugene Sheehy of AIB Bank and the fact that he apologised for not waking up as the bubble burst, leading to €2.9 billion being written off.

I was brought up to believe that debts had to be repaid, but this is not being done here. Senator Healy Eames referred to people who have land that is worth something, no matter how low the value. Why is Mr. Sheehy being let off scot free when he has said he was sorry, that he was in charge, but he is not calling in the debt? The assets of these people, land or otherwise, should be repossessed and used to support this debt. Why should they get away with it? Mr. Sheehy has no intention of quitting. He is on his fat salary, but he gets away scot free. I ask the Deputy Leader to ensure that he is taken to task.

Whether we agree with the way in which Jade Goody, who is dying, is conducting herself in public — that is her business — she has heightened awareness of cervical cancer and I applaud her for that. I also welcome the Government's cervical cancer screening programme. For once we are getting value for money. I ask, however, in light of our finally getting rid of the e-voting machines, that the money that was spent on their storage be spent on a pilot area for the cervical cancer vaccine for young women, some of whom will die because they did not get that vaccine.