Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

Senator Minihan agreed with me and with Senator Norris about the issue of banks taping telephone calls. We might often have conversations with bank officials which should not be taped. One might not even recall what one said.

Senator Norris raised the issue of the photographs of torture in Iraq and the scapegoating of junior personnel involved. I agree with Senator Maurice Hayes that we should ask the Taoiseach to voice his concern in this area when he meets President Bush. It is not a matter of President Bush issuing orders. It is the attitude and the crudity of the senior administrators in the US Government which has given rise to this situation.