David Norris (Independent)

Will the Leader try to confirm with the US authorities that they are jamming Al-Jazeera and that American agents are hacking into the Al-Jazeera website in order that people in this country cannot gain access to it? I support Senator O'Toole's remarks about a delegation. I am an SRC, a state registered coward. I do not enjoy danger or the prospect of pain but I will go if this is organised. We should ask members from other European parliaments to go with us. We should make ourselves as safe as possible. I do not wish to be blown up and the more people we have from other parliaments, the safer we will be.

I propose a change to the Order of Business, that we take No. 22. Not only are we allowing Shannon Airport to be used but also, most shamefully, Casement Aerodrome. Think of the ironies. Casement fought for the Putamayo Indians and the people in the Congo against the exploitation of King Leopold and the genocide that occurred there. He would be turning in his grave. I propose that No. 22 be the first item of business today.