Donie Cassidy (Fianna Fail)

I am pleased that the value of the 55 minutes which this motion is down for today shows its worth. It focuses Members on the issues. The banking issue will be discussed next Tuesday and we can discuss it every week from then on if we want to. It is scheduled for discussion here next Tuesday. I am informing Members so they can be well prepared. Unless banks start lending money to SMEs, however, thousands of people will continue to be unemployed in the early part of this year, as Senator Wilson said in his contribution. In the interests of assisting our people, we should bring pressure to bear on banks and governments. Money must be in circulation because if not, thousands more people will be unemployed. Senator Mooney has outlined to the House the importance for every citizen of having something to do every day. Over 400,000 people are unemployed.