Michael Mullins (Fine Gael)

It was not proven beyond reasonable doubt that this man carried out the atrocity for which he was executed. Seven out of nine witnesses withdrew their evidence, a murder weapon was never found and there was no physical evidence such as blood or DNA. The House should support an all-party motion to bring pressure to bear on countries that still impose the death penalty.

Will the Leader ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to clarify whether it is likely 8,000 agency worker jobs will be lost if a European directive is introduced at the end of December? There will be a briefing on this issue next week but it has to be of grave concern to Members that this number of jobs could be put at risk because of a directive. We need to ensure this does not happen. I ask the Leader to liaise with the Minister on this and to bring some clarity to it.