Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)

Let us be clear. I have heard it said all morning. It is an extraordinary approach for Senators to take. It comes back to the point I have been making and which runs through this Bill. I have stated my view given the involvement and demands of local government. I see no reason as we go forward, given the opportunity this presents us, that that should be part of the possibility. For people who are well paid to say their colleagues serving in another authority should not be paid is an extraordinary assertion. I find that quite bizarre.