Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

Senator Ross suggested that power had moved from Parliament to another body and asked for a debate on building societies which we can try to accommodate as quickly as possible.

Senator Bradford spoke about the need for a housing debate. We will have very interesting debates next week, of which the one on drugs will be particularly important. There is no point in me dragooning Ministers and private secretaries every day to come to the House – a great number of them have come – if we do not have speakers. I will get the Ministers but they will not keep coming if we do not have speakers, not just spokespersons, other speakers also. I ask that we all join in this.