Paul Coghlan (Fine Gael)

The country needs to hear from Brussels on NAMA and the plans of the two major banks, AIB and Bank of Ireland, and how they intend to get out of this situation in the coming five years. These plans have been languishing in Brussels since November or December. If the Leader cannot give us the information we need, we would accept it from a Minister of State. We appreciate that the Minister for Finance was unable to meet us yesterday because he had to take Committee Stage of the Finance Bill 2010 but it is within the Leader's power to facilitate the House on this extremely urgent matter.