A much more unified approach is needed by both Houses. While the compartmentalisation of matters to the individual Committees on Procedure and Privileges is understandable, some of these matters have historical overtones that are now unhelpful in operational terms. For example, when we were discussing the portraits in the front hall of Leinster House, I stated that the portrait of the President should be there because any foreign parliaments I have visited all featured such portraits of their Heads of State. Happily, that was done here but the idea first had to be adopted by the Seanad Committee on Procedure and Privileges and the Dáil Committee on Procedure and Privileges. It seems to take a long time to make those simple decisions, so perhaps the process could be re-examined.