Dan Boyle (Green Party)

Senator Coghlan asked about the banks, which I neglected to mention when talking about the National Asset Management Agency Bill. The timing of the Bill is dependent on what happens in the other House. The Second Stage debate in the other House was one of the longest on any Bill in recent memory. In fact there was criticism from some Opposition Members that it was being unnecessarily delayed at the time. However, it was necessary to have that Second Stage debate. It is necessary to have whatever length of time it takes to complete Committee and Report Stages of the Bill in the other House, as will be the case here. That said it is difficult to see the Bill being before us next week, but the hope is that the Bill would come in the quickest possible time.