David Norris (Independent)

I would like to ask for a debate on values. We start every day here with a prayer and the Constitution invokes the central mysteries of the Christian religion. People are sometimes diffident about this and every year we hear that in certain places Christmas trees are found objectionable, although I have never heard any Muslim, Jewish person or Buddhist object to them. I object strongly, however, to the National Irish Bank using words which come from the communion rite of mass, the words of Jesus Christ, "ask and ye shall receive". From a bank with a history that stinks like National Irish Bank, I find this grossly offensive and the bank should remind itself that Jesus Christ scourged the money changers and usurers out of the temple.