Eamon Scanlon (Fianna Fail)

I support Senators Feighan and MacSharry in their concerns about the Sligo railway line. We have the best line in the country, about which there is no question, but the rolling stock is totally unsuitable. There are trains with no buffet car and no heating. As Senator MacSharry said, this is because of the age of the rolling stock.

Senator O'Toole mentioned auctioneers. I also have some knowledge of the business and it is the only profession I know in which one must go before a court every year to have one's licence renewed. The judge asks whether anybody has an objection to the licence's being renewed and the superintendent replies. If there is, one loses one's licence. The profession is heavily policed as it is. However, in every business there are those who do not perform as they should. I would welcome a debate on this issue to clear the air because it has been raised in this House on a number of occasions, sometimes not in a very nice way. It is important to get it out of the way once and for all.