Paudie Coffey (Fine Gael)

It will have taken them at least four hours to go around the golf course, before they had dinner afterwards. The Taoiseach has said he did not broach the subject of the problems at Anglo Irish Bank with Mr. Seán FitzPatrick and Mr. Fintan Drury, who is a former member of the board of Anglo Irish Bank. It is incredible. The ordinary people of Ireland know it is incredible. It smacks of a culture of cronyism that such links exist between those in various high offices, who caused this economic crisis. We have often called for transparency and full accountability in this House. We are certainly not seeing it at the moment. If transparency and accountability existed, the Taoiseach would have come out with this when he was asked questions in the Dáil. He did not do so.

I draw the Leader's attention to last weekend's tragic events at the Trident Hotel in Kinsale. Carbon monoxide, which is a deadly gas, has claimed the lives of many citizens. I spoke some time ago about the exposure of people to radon gas, which is also deadly. Carbon monoxide, like radon gas, is a silent killer. I ask the Leader to make time available for a debate on these two deadly gases, which are claiming lives here on a regular basis. The Leader should ensure we have such a debate. The Government should provide for mandatory measures to require public buildings, including guest houses and schools, to install carbon monoxide alarms. The debate should be widened to cover exposure to radon gas. As parliamentarians, we need to legislate to ensure people are aware of these silent killers and take measures to ensure more people are not killed by them.