Martin Mansergh (Fianna Fail)

I welcome the Minister's speech. I also welcome the Minister of State to the House. For the purposes of moving the debate, I wish to pick up on some points made by Senator John Phelan. As I said earlier, Castlecomer is an attractive place. Any time I want to avoid the main Dublin-Cork road I go through Castlecomer and Athy. Senator Phelan made some interesting points about Castlcomer's history. However, he is being unfair to the Tánaiste.