Seanad debates

Wednesday, 16 April 2003

I again join Senator O'Toole and others in seeking a debate on the auctioneering industry. While I will certainly be making comments, we all want to make it clear that we are not in favour of rogue elements within any profession. The issue I have is that auctioneering continues to be singled out as the profession which seems to have the greatest number of rogues, which is certainly not the case. A debate would be very useful in assisting to highlight this. I recognise the issues that Senator O'Toole has, of which I am aware and which are of great concern to me, but they should be thrashed out in a balanced environment where all sides of the profession are discussed and the excellent work many auctioneers are doing is recognised. At no time should the good name of auctioneers be maligned. As I know Senator O'Toole would not want to do this, a debate would be useful in that regard.

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