Frances Fitzgerald (Fine Gael)

I move:

That Seanad Éireann has no confidence in the Taoiseach, Deputy Brian Cowen.

Moving a motion of no confidence in a member of the Government in the Seanad is not a decision I, or Fine Gael, take lightly. Such confidence motions are rare in this House. However, even more rare is the publication of independent reports into a banking crisis which point the finger of blame squarely and largely at the door of the current Taoiseach during his time as Minister for Finance.