Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)

For the information of Senator Cummins, in case he thinks I am out of touch, I have two daughters at third level education. Therefore, I am well in touch with what is happening.

Senator Bannon and I have been friends for a long time and the advice I would offer him is that he should not cite polls too often because they are a bigger embarrassment for Fine Gael than for anybody else.