Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

Senator McCarthy mentioned the committee which is dealing with electronic voting. If the committee recommends festina lente and tells us to hasten slowly then the Taoiseach has said quite clearly that is the route he will take. There is confidence in the committee, which is made up of independent-minded, clever and competent people. The Government will accept whatever they come up with.

Senator McCarthy mentioned sentencingand I accept what he said. It is not that wewould impose a straitjacket on sentencing but sentencing should in some way be commensurate with the severity of the crime.

Senator Terry said the Taoiseach is a bad housekeeper because he has money in his pocket. I think he is a good housekeeper if he or the Minister for Finance have money in their pockets.