Is the Taoiseach aware that a former taoiseach, Mr Haughey, had a tree and said that if he ate two leaves a day it improved his memory? He obviously did not eat it every day.

- Mr Brendan Howlin (Labour)

He was not able to see the wood from the trees.

- Mr Pat Rabbitte (Labour)

Could I ask the Taoiseach to introduce equality legislation to stop the banks making a Cinderella out of the Labour Party by writing off only £28,000? Former members of Fianna Fail and Fine Gael have had a quarter-of-a-million pounds each written off.

- Mr Joe Higgins (Socialist Party)