John Dardis (Progressive Democrats)

Senator Glynn mentioned mobile phones and the possibility of having a debate on that issue, which is something we should try to do. He also mentioned the matter of images on the Internet.

Senator Burke raised the matter of education. An extra €30 million was allocated in the budget for the purposes of capital funding. I heard the Minister for Education and Science explicitly state on a trip to County Kildare during the week that there should be no question of the politicisation of decisions, that the decisions should be made on their merits alone. He is determined to do that, and I commend him for it.

Senator Dooley raised the "Prime Time" programme and decentralisation, with which I have dealt. Senator Norris also spoke about it. I accept Senator Norris's remarks on the difficulties that some of these people have, but I still find it extremely difficult to understand how anybody could indulge in that sort of activity.