Frank Fahey (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

I have not been commanded by the Minister for Finance not to accept amendments. That is not his style. If electronic media would improve communication with the audience the Senator is trying to reach, there would be a case for reconsidering the matter. This is not, however, the case. The audience in question is more likely to receive the communication through the mechanisms laid down in the Bill. A considerable effort is already being made to use electronic media through, for example, the various Departments, including the websites of the Departments of Finance and Social and Family Affairs and the new Department for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, the Irish Banking Federation, the various banks and the Irish Insurance Federation which is about to come on-line. The information will be available through a range of websites.