Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

No, it will just come back on to the agenda.

Senator Glynn referred to the enforcement of the regulations regarding carriage of particular kinds of offal. The Senator also described the way in which the banks are treating us as resembling the widows mite.

Senator Quinn spoke about the numbers of people driving on provisional licences and of those who are awaiting driving tests. The test and the licence are regarded as valid currency no matter where one goes in Europe, but not in the US or Canada.

The Senator also requested a tax on salt, too much of which in one's diet can lead to a heart attack or a stroke. There is salt in every foodstuff one buys, even before one is tempted to pour the contents of a salt cellar over one's food. However, I am not sure if there would be much support for imposing a tax on it.

Senator McHugh called for a debate on employment centred on an employment strategy to be developed, particularly for the north-western region, while Senator Bannon called for a debate with the Minister for Health and Children on the public health doctors' dispute which has been referred to the Labour Relations Commission on several occasions but progress does not seem to have been made on resolving it. Direct intervention is not possible on such a matter which is better left to the Labour Relations Commission to deal with.