Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Senator cannot have it both ways. I agree with the Senator on the issue of restorative justice for the women in the report Opportunity Lost. I have not read the report but I note the comments attributed to Mr. Peter Tyndall, the Ombudsman. The Secretary General in the Department of Justice has a different viewpoint and the Minister has said it needs careful and considered reflection. It is important that the women get redress and that the State supports them. I would be happy to have a debate on it. The Minister has made it clear it needs careful and considered reflection because there is a disagreement between the Ombudsman and the Department of Justice which has to be worked out.

Senator Davitt asked about the banks and we will have statements on the decision relating to the European Banking Authority. The Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy D'Arcy is going to come to the House. I wish to praise him, the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy McEntee, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Coveney, for their work. It was disappointing that it was decided by the drawing of lots as this was not the way the result should have been arrived at. We overcame Frankfurt and I am confident we would have secured it on the basis of a marking regime. We will debate it next week.