Michael Finucane (Fine Gael)

I wish the Minister well with the Bill in the other House. We have seen many of his Bills start off in the Senate before going to the Dáil. If anything, in the context of what we have been discussing recently, namely, Senate reform, and what is evolving in the Senate itself, it gives more recognition and status to the Senate that that is now happening regularly. We had a very interesting discussion on Committee Stage, and I recognise that the Minister has taken some of the amendments on board. I also recognise the validity of his comments that he would leave to the discretion of the BCI the types of proposals that come before it regarding funding. The verbal reassurance he gave that programmes from community radio and television would be considered by the BCI along with other proposals means that they will, one hopes, receive similar consideration.