Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael)

How can the Government justify a man being paid €55,000 by four times in his last sequence of employment and yet he will not give back the money to the State? Were the public interest directors called in by the Minister for Finance, and if not, why not? They are there on our behalf. We and the ordinary people are bailing out the banks, yet we get spin from Fianna Fáil and the Green Party. What is happening? Which argument does the Leader follow? Does he follow the Seán Fleming argument or the Ned O'Keeffe argument regarding the Financial Regulator and Anglo Irish Bank? What is the real Fianna Fáil position?

My final question is about Report Stage of the Dog Breeding Establishments Bill. Has there been a muzzle put on Government? Has it been spancelled? When will we take Report Stage? Why has the Government group not accepted legitimate amendments from Fine Gael and others in this House?