John Gerard Hanafin (Fianna Fail)

I share Senator Brian Hayes's view that this House does not get the coverage it deserves. We had a very good debate here yesterday with different views expressed from all sides. The debate involved a lot of effort in understanding embryonic stem cell research, including the different phrases and words used, such as "pluripotent", "totipotent", "chimera", "mosaicism" and "neonatal" stem cells. This takes time and effort, yet today's newspapers concentrate on a cheap shot from a hardly known Deputy. I am disappointed by that because it means journalists are not taking the time to study what we say here.