Niall Ó Brolcháin (Green Party)

I am calling for a debate on stimulus, just as Senator Coffey did, because it is a valid point. In this House we spend a great deal of time discussing the downside in the cuts but it is important we look at ways in which we can avoid cuts in the future.

I call also for a debate on the issue of public discourse with the body politic. I had occasion to travel on a bus today on the way from the train from Galway. A young gentleman made a comment as he was passing the Four Courts. He asked if it was Leinster House. His father said it was not, it was the Four Courts. The little boy asked where Leinster House was and his father said, "We are going there soon". The boy said, "That is where the bail out took place", and his father said, "Yes, it's Bail Out House, that's right". That was so sad. We are working in a place some people consider to be "Bail Out House".