David Cullinane (Sinn Fein)

I am asking for a debate on the matter. If Senators are not informed about the actual powers and functions of the Assembly, they cannot do themselves justice when they speak in ignorance about what is happening in the North. I remind the Leader that policing and justice powers have been transferred from Westminster to the Assembly. The same needs to happen in relation to fiscal powers. That cannot be an issue for Sinn Féin alone. It has to be an issue for all parties in the State. They need to work with us to seek these fiscal powers and thereby enable those who are democratically elected in the North, rather than British Government politicians at Westminster, to make decisions on taxation issues.