Larry Butler (Fianna Fail)

It is the only thing that Senator O'Toole did not mention. We have an opportunity to become more competitive when it comes to maintaining jobs. We are losing jobs because we cannot compete in the electricity sector and elsewhere.

I also wish to call for a debate on eel fishing. While it might not be a big amount, there are probably a couple of thousand people affected in that sector who fish, smoke and export eels. Every job counts at the moment and we really need the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Eamon Ryan, to attend the House to explain why we should restrict eel fishing. Perhaps there is a good reason but I would like to hear it from the Minister himself.