Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

Senator Quinn commented that the road traffic and strategy document cannot be issued immediately because of the requirement to produce it in both Irish and English. The Minister for Transport can provide information on this matter after the debate on the State Airports Bill 2004.

Senator Hanafin praised the restraint that has been shown in Northern Ireland in recent days and commented that the current lending practices of the banks point to a potential financial crash. Senator Hanafin also spoke about decentralisation, a subject which was debated strongly in this House at the behest of the Opposition. Anybody on that side of the House who did not vote against it left us with our paeans of praised heaped upon ourselves. It would be a good idea to review the progress of the decentralisation programme in the autumn.