Paddy Burke (Fine Gael)

I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Michael Ahern, and the earlier attendance of the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Martin. I wish the Minister well in his new portfolio. This is an important and welcome debate.

I am amused by Senator Leyden's comments on the Fine Gael Party website, www.ripoff.ie. The site is a forum in which people can air their views and read the views of others. I am at a loss to understand the reason the Senator is so bemused by the availability of a website to allow those who have been ripped off to air their views.