Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

It is a completely different matter. The reason I say it is that people think it is the same but it is not. That is a type of savings scheme which is a different issue. The Irish Insurance Federation has apparently come up with this wonderful idea. I will ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs to come to the House to discuss it.

Senator Hanafin called for a debate on banking. There was enormous taxation at the time referred to but that does not excuse what happened. The holding of offshore accounts was illegal and wrong. Senator Hanafin's point was that any debate on the matter should be holistic.

Senator Coghlan called for a review of the medical card scheme. How can we solve the problem of people being just over the limit? No matter how high the limit, someone will always be just above it. He also raised the question of the Great Southern Hotels. If the hotels are sold, I assume they will be sold individually and not as a group.

Senator John Paul Phelan echoed Senator Coghlan's concern regarding medical cards. I had hoped the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism would come to the House to discuss the national theatre, which Senator Phelan has raised on previous occasions. However, he is busy with EU and other tourism duties this week. I hope we will have that debate the week after next.

Senator Bradford raised the matter of voter turnout and electronic voting. The great and the good, the members of the commission established to review electronic voting, are due to report tomorrow. The Government has undertaken to go along with what the commission puts forward. We must await that report.