Frances Fitzgerald (Fine Gael)

-----to speak about the problems facing mortgage holders, the negative equity that so many families in this country face, the spiralling unemployment affecting every family, and the 1,000 operations cancelled for children in Crumlin hospital. These are the issues we should be discussing in this House and hearing from Ministers about their accountability on these issues. For this reason, I oppose the Order of Business, which is light in substance.

For example, we should be discussing the threat to Protestant schools and the implications of that North and South. These topics should be on our agenda in this House and Senators across this House agree with me. This House should be dealt with more effectively and we should have business on the Order of Business every day dealing with the real issues confronting people in this country. That is why Fine Gael has proposed a radical package of reforms for the Oireachtas.