Mary White (Fianna Fail)

I compliment them on their swift reaction and their entrepreneurial mindset in introducing this Bill to improve the copyright position. Senator Norris has brought the works of James Joyce to the forefront in this country and across the world and we are honoured to have him in the Seanad with us. When Irish people travel abroad the first thing they do is go to an art exhibition. In Paris they go to the Louvre to see the Mona Lisa and in Amsterdam they go to the Van Gough Museum. However, we have tremendously inspirational works on our doorstep here. James Joyce was the leading prose writer in English in the 20th century. Ulysses is critically regarded as one of the greatest novels ever written and the most important literary work of the 20th century. Joyce was one of our own and for such a small country we have made a great contribution to the world. I congratulate the Minister and his modest officials sitting behind him. I know the great work they do on intellectual property.