Seanad debates

Wednesday, 16 October 2002

Senator Hayes and Senator O'Toole spoke broadly about the need for general statements and more attendance by Ministers to deal with issues and I agree. We discussed this at our parliamentary party meeting today and we decided that, after this week is over, we would attend to it. The Senators are right that it is not enough to meet for half a day on Wednesday and half a day on Thursday; that is not earning our keep. However, I need not spell out that this is because we were all busy with various matters and it might have been difficult to get various Ministers to attend. Hopefully, once this week is over, we will return to more regular sittings and take on board many of the issues which have been raised.

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