Seanad debates

Wednesday, 12 February 2003

Private Business. - The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (Charters Amendment) Bill 2002: Second Stage.

 

Let us get the "Royal" issue out of the way. I, too, heard what one might call off-stage mutterings, not from anyone associated with the Seanad but from the Dáil. Ours is the Upper House and theirs the Lower House. We can, therefore, leave those low thoughts to those in the Lower House and deal with this when we meet in committee. I see the word "Royal" as a marketing tool. If one is selling one's wares in 50 countries throughout the world and one wants an entree into the various markets where there are bright students for one's college, the word "Royal" is a marketing tool. It conjures up many images, none of them imperialist or subversive. It is plainly just a common sense marketing tool. Those who can be heard muttering nearby should be sat on quickly.

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