Marc MacSharry (Fianna Fail)

I join with Senator Darragh O'Brien in calling for a debate on unemployment, specifically about this morning's announcement from Ulster Bank. Several times over the past few months, as Senator Darragh O'Brien said, we have called on the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Bruton, to have his Department carry out an audit of businesses at risk. Clearly, the banks have been at risk for some considerable time. Far be it from scaremongering, Senator Paul Coghlan, it would be prudent for the Department to assess where the biggest risks lie and what can be done to address them.