Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

As he gets very upset if anybody says anything, it is best to say nothing. Senator Norris was also annoyed at what he considered to be the aggressive tone adopted by Cathal Mac Coille in his interview with Deputy Sargent on "Morning Ireland". We all agree that Cathal Mac Coille is a distinguished journalist. He was seeking a "Yes" or "No" answer from Deputy Sargent but the Deputy would not respond.

Senator Paddy Burke asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government to attend the House and explain what the Government was doing to ensure there would be no electricity blackout arising from insufficient generating capacity. It would be an interesting matter to raise on the Adjournment.