Maurice Hayes (Independent)

I do not wish to put in a bid for Stangford Lough, but I support Senator O'Toole's imaginative proposal regarding the Americas Cup. It could be of enormous importance to the country and it should be pursued.

I do not like to disagree with a Senator who requests a debate, but the Minister for Education and Science should have more to do than be concerned with text messages. They are a wonderfully inventive form of communication. We may be producing a race of cryptographers and code breakers and we should not take seriously concerns about this issue.