Paul Coghlan (Fine Gael)

The name, Hayes, is an important and distinguished one in this House, given that two of our eminent Members bear it. I join in the congratulations to Senator Maurice Hayes on his award yesterday of an honorary Doctor of Letters degree. Hearing the word "letters" in connection with the Senator one readily understands how deserving he is of such an award when one considers the interesting works he has written. If anyone has not read his works, I recommend "Minority Verdict" which is currently out of print but available in the Oireachtas Library. It was important that he was honoured in the North because he has rendered that jurisdiction some service.