Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

Senator McCarthy referred to the marked drop in the number of nurses. Even when they qualify and get their degrees they go abroad. He referred to the commission on nursing and called for a general debate on nursing.

Senator Paddy Burke inquired if I will be in charge of implementing the smoking ban in the Houses of the Oireachtas. I have no intention of being in charge of it. I do not smoke, but I do not have any notion of becoming the commissioner in charge of no smoking. The Senator also asked about medical cover. What was the Senator's point?