It has been my lot many times over the last ten years or more to represent the Houses of the Oireachtas in negotiations and representations, some public and some private. Over that period of time, the most amenable response I have received from anybody was from the Minister for Finance, Deputy McCreevy, who shows a clear understanding of the needs of Members of both Houses and makes no distinction among party backgrounds. He is as concerned about quality and output as anybody else and recognises that there is no question of diminished productivity in this House.