Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

We have enough to do.

Senator Daly raised impending changes at Shannon Airport and developments with regard to Aer Lingus, Aer Rianta, Shannon Development and bilateral arrangements with the United States. All these issues are important. While we, in the Houses, are legislating, all the likely changes, which will affect many people, particularly in Shannon Airport, seem to be coming together. Coming from that region, the Senator is correct to raise the matter.

Senator McHugh agreed with Senator Mooney on the issue of the national flag and pointed up its prostitution and use by one party in a triumphalist manner. The €18 million in VAT paid by groups with charitable status is a very large sum. The matter can be raised when we debate the Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill later in the week. As the Senator pointed out, special needs should receive an injection of funding from the dormant accounts fund.