There has been much criticism of the method by which we are elected, which is said to be undemocratic. I put the other side of it. There were suggestions that Members should be elected on the same day as the general election and that the Seanad was seen by some people as the place where young tigers were trained for future graduation to the other House while being seen by others, as in my own case, as a House for failed politicians. If we subscribe to that notion, we fail ourselves. We should vigorously use the Seanad for its proper purpose. If we allow it to become anything else in the eyes of Members of the other House, the media or the people, we do ourselves a disservice. We should not allow that to happen.