Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael)

Senator Sheahan referred to pricing orders and professional fees for the medical, legal and accountancy professions. It is a matter which the Minister, Deputy Richard Bruton, possibly intends to tackle through legislation.

Senators Quinn and Norris referred to the Glencree centre, and I agree it is sad that some courses must be stopped because of financial constraints. While we will certainly have a debate on the report of the National Competitiveness Council, we will probably do it in the next term as we had debates on competitiveness in the past two weeks and we should not have another in this term.