Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein)

-----to determine where the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources stands on the issue, whether we will use our natural resources for the good of the country or whether we will impose regimes more favourable to taxpayers than has been the case. Ba mhaith liom go n-iarrfaí ar an Aire teacht isteach agus déileáil leis na ceisteannna sin.

Ba mhaith liom freisin tacú leis an leasú atá molta ag mo chomhghleacaí, an Seanadóir Ní Raghallaigh, ar Riar na hOibre; sé sin, go leanfaidh an díospóireacht go dtí 8.30 i.n. anocht. I second my colleague's proposal on the Order of Business that the sitting be extended to 8 p.m.

Ba mhaith liom go dtiocfadh an Tánaiste nó an Taoiseach go dtí an Teach le míniú dúinn cé atá i gceannas ar chúrsaí gnóthaí eachtracha sa Rialtas. I call on the Taoiseach or the Tánaiste to attend the House to explain who is running the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, given some of the recent statements made on the Gaza flotilla. How is it that they have done a U-turn since their time in opposition when they indicated their support for the flotilla? The Minister for Justice and Equality also made comments recently that were inflammatory.