Jim D'Arcy (Fine Gael)

-----get the interest rate reduced. We must reduce it from 5.9% to the approximate cost of interest, which is 2.9%. That would be an assistance. Otherwise it is moral hazard. The European Union must face the fact that it is part of the moral hazard or there could be worse down the tracks for it if it does not support the countries.

I congratulate Dundalk Outcomers - the organisation of the gay, lesbian and transgender community in Dundalk that recently celebrated gay pride week in a series of events - for the manner in which this organisation has highlighted the concerns of and promoted the welfare of the gay, lesbian and transgender community. These courageous people-----