Derek McDowell (Labour)

—rather than treat such reports as tablets of stone, which we sometimes do.

I wish to raise another issue which has been brought up before. I attended the rugby match in Lansdowne Road last Saturday, as I know others did. I say this to bring some balance to comments I made about rugby in this House a couple of months ago which attracted some attention. To be fair to the IRFU and management at Lansdowne Road, the catering fare provided was somewhat better than the tepid hot dogs and overpriced minerals which will available to Dublin supporters next Sunday at Croke Park.