David Norris (Independent)

I do not agree with Senator Finucane in regard to the Arts Bill. I was interested to receive a heavily orchestrated campaign on the issue, which I read with great interest. I then discovered that distinguished traditional musicians such as Paul Brady and the Chieftains took a completely different view. I am pleased the Minister had the courage to listen to these submissions because he was perfectly correct to do so.

Why are we not having Private Members' time today? It is usual to have Private Members' time and, unless I missed it, there was no mention of it in the Leader's remarks.