Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

Senator Brian Hayes talked about the Finance Bill and asked if we could alter the Order of Business in order that there would be more of a gap between Committee and Report Stages. I will see if we can do anything about this and come back to him on it. He also asked about the Central Bank quarterly report, a question which, I think, Senator Mansergh answered. We could deal with the report which is coming out on Thursday, particularly the section dealing with housing, during the course of the debate on the regulatory authority Bill.

Senator O'Toole commented on the Order Paper and does not want waste created. I wonder if we should make a recommendation that recyclable paper should be used. That could be done. It is a matter we could take up with the procurement office of the Department of Finance which arranges such matters. The Senator also spoke about e-government and suggested we should all sit here in front of screens. It would be useful if we had screens here and did not have to use paper.