Timmy Dooley (Fianna Fail)

I join with my colleagues in welcoming the programme researched and broadcast by RTE last night. Its revelations were shocking to most Members of this House and indeed to any right-minded person. I ask the Deputy Leader to consider a debate on the subject. There are implications for Departments other than the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, in particular for the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources. The Garda Síochána is doing an excellent job in trying to track down people in what is a very difficult environment. The service provision companies that operate and host these Internet sites should be examined. They are providing a service to these people and continue to abuse their dominant position. I would welcome a debate involving the participation of both Departments.

I ask for a debate on decentralisation. It is important to move away from some of the rhetoric heard in the past week and start to listen to the views of people on the other side who have condemned the Government proposals. A debate would allow the House to hear the views of the Opposition parties at both national and local level.