Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

Senators welcomed the Minister of State, Deputy Seán Power, and the Tánaiste to the House earlier. Similarly, we are glad that the Minister of State, Deputy Tim O'Malley, is back in the House. We have welcomed the Minister of State and enjoyed his company on the many occasions on which he has been in attendance. The motion proposed by the Labour Party Senators is extremely focused and all the better for it. The Tánaiste said earlier that she is preparing to speak in the Dáil this evening on a motion which has 80 separate elements. I do not doubt that the motion before the House at present is quite focused on the provision of medical cards.