Marc MacSharry (Fianna Fail)

I would love it if we could line people up, metaphorically speaking. However, it would seem the media and others would like, in reality, to see the guillotine set up in St. Stephen's Green to begin the beheadings. Thankfully, however, we have due process. I am confident it will provide us with the pound of flesh which all of us rightfully seek. I believe the public deserve it. I am not prepared, however, to tell the Munster team - to use a metaphor - next Friday night that by their team selection today they will lose the game. Unlike Fine Gael which would like to abolish this House, I still have some respect for our democratic institutions. I believe in this Administration's capacity to establish the necessary terms of reference to give people peace of mind and give them their rightful pound of flesh, which they deserve.

I wish to call for a much more important debate on the draft legislative package on reforming the EU's financial supervisory and regulatory framework. After all, that is what will ensure that this mess will not recur. I am seeking that debate as a matter of the utmost urgency.