Séamus McGrath (Cork South-Central, Fianna Fail)
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I am getting caught for time so I will move on.

On the broadcasting workers, I am not going to go over old ground here but just to add my voice to that, I have also met and spoken to them and I take Mr. Finnegan's bona fides. He was quite open in his own personal views and so on. For me, it is just the reality of the casualisation of work taking place within the Houses of the Oireachtas. As a State, we need to be setting a good example and providing reasonable and fair employment conditions and terms for people who are working here. I will not delve into it further, I will just add my voice to it and ask it is something that will be kept under consideration, notwithstanding the fact there is a tender and so on. If there is a way this can be found, I would certainly urge that we work on providing better terms and conditions for those workers who do incredible work. In respect of the witness's own role in ensuring that what takes place here is broadcast, it is an incredible service and it is fantastic that the public can see democracy in action. Well done to everyone who has been involved in that over the years and in developing it but I make that point from the workers' point of view.

Finally - I know I am caught for time - they say when a US president leaves office, he leaves a note on his desk for the incoming president. What would be in Mr. Finnegan's note for the incoming Clerk?